Haunting, Soulful, Melodies, In the heart Often, Visit, remind, On their part Lately, However cold, Lyrics may seem Life, Did earn, Serving of gleam However, In pittance, Might it be Know, With gratitude, We weren’t denied As, Nothing lasts, Forever except switch Steadily, Adapt yourself, To the shift Like, A flower, Blooming in rain Grow, We must, Surviving the pain ..read more

Too much caffeine is malaise, they say, Anyhow, I always have my way, Sipping, revelling in peace, the droolworthy binge, Relishing the aroma of the invigorating pint, Strong shots make my day. Through friendly chats or romantic dates, Coffee lovers’ bonds are ever so chaste, With a revitalized spark and adrenaline rush, I dash into the boardroom, grabbing a cup, My aura perked up by mere swig of the beverage. ………………ALL YOU NEED IS A CUPPA ..read more

In the cloak of darkness, as lost souls wait, A trail of stars, shimmer in the night, Radiates the moon, meandering in tow, While the ocean holds up a mirror below Photo by Davide Sibilio on Unsplash ..read more

#Keyword – FRAGRANCE I held back a pinch of envy, At the aroma wafting from his stove, But wolfing down mouthfuls of delicacies, I witnessed, fragrance of his love. Photo by Secret Garden from Pexels ..read more

Accoutred in smart formals, I strode into my cabin, all magnificent, Pride permeating, betraying every nucleus, Beautiful, slender and lithe, How was I to ever know, That this superwoman thing is a true-blue myth? . The home, over time, evoked a dreary ennui, While wrangling frontline, in the arena of fealties, With the elementary pleasures maturing into discontent, The self-worth slowly disintegrating into extinction, And vainglory, for an ever-loyal companion, how was I to ever know, That the crown of superwoman is evanescent? . Until, one day, I could see some scars on my soul, And feel som ..read more

My love of you from afar, With the fear to let my feelings ajar, In my dither, of its scruples and percipience, Perchance, it’s a fallacy of judgement, Oh love! You have moved in unsought! . You are the shelter to walk in the rain, it’s said; But you are the storm that has disrupted my esse; With incessant aches set off in the heart, Eternal sleepless nights apart, Oh love! Will we ever bide unscathed? . I am carrying this secret in my heart, The torments well concealed so far, My silence, elixir no more, The unsaid destroying my core, Oh love! What’s this woe for? . Ailing, circadian I r ..read more

With god’s grace, some of us in the world, were blessed at having a safe,  stable and plain sailing 2020. The year gone by, taught the world many things like: Holding caution at supreme attention because corona is no walk in the park. Health care workers are equivalent to gods That we are still capable of leading an uncomplicated lifestyle, capped with the seal of minimalism, sans our holidays, dine-outs and world tours. That we are further capable of tolerance, compassion, kindness, resilience and care for others. That employees can be home based and yet deliver the needful. That there ..read more

“Look at your daughter’s situation before rejecting the proposal. She neither has the looks nor any extraordinary talent. If you both keep rejecting alliances like this, your daughters will never get married.Bhavani  you need to understand your responsibility and think like a mother; not as their friend.”, an angry Madhav, bellowed at Bhavani and left their house. Bhavani, who was widowed young, when Mini was barely ten years old and Usha five, had undergone immense struggles and challenges, to raise her family and meet the children’s basic needs. Married off at an early age, she had fast ..read more

As I stand, gazing at the rain, The droplets trickling down the window pane, My eyes mist over brief recollections, Of stolen moments under the grey heavens, Where, unbridled, I courted freedom Enjoying every import of humdrum The mind once smogged with lackadaisical dreams, And in the heart where only serenity screamed I ask myself now, ‘What’s bereft’? For hardly anything of the old self’s left, Where gentle hopes reigned, storms persist, With faith gone, I feel like a misfit, But hey! A torrent carries a psalm of it’s own If you care to listen to the invisible notes Photo by Suhyeon Choi o ..read more

Miserably writhing in pain, In the black ophidian’s grips, A shrill piercing howl, Our fiery Apollo emits Swallowed whole by the dragon? Or chased by the vicious wolves? Slipped through the orb of the demon? Or god’s anger on humans? Sable screening the blue, The universe shudders and sighs The globe views, wonderstruck, The stygian schleps and blights! Harbinger of evil or good? Redemption pregnant or gloom? In this play of the cosmic forces A magnificent magic looms Photo by Bryan Goff on Unsplash ..read more