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She stacks them up,From the bottom,To the very top;Each layer adding weight,To the increasingly precarious tower. When it comes tumbling down,She is very nearly on her way out,The lights dimmed,And the silence aroundIs deafeningly loud;It is just as she had … Continue reading →

This tidal wave that rushes inWill carry with it on its way out,A stray sandal and a beach towel.The child who’s lost their belongingsCries out as if to remonstrate,A mirroring played outFor the benefit of no one. Meanwhile what’s left … Continue reading →

This moment is as universalAs it is uniquely personal,It has landed in more than a billion waysAcross the breadth of human experience;For some it will be a cherished slice of timeThat they’ll carry within their hearts forever,Others will have reasons … Continue reading →

Perhaps it is that there comes a timeWhen your restless, activated mind,Goes haywire in the relentless cycleOf trying to make sense of everything. Perhaps it is that at that time,It stops circling round and roundLike a hamster in a wheel,And … Continue reading →

Every fibre of my beingTells a story that is at oddsTo what I’ve let on to the world,And it is hard to exist in this state of dichotomy. Wisdom cries aloud that there is reliefWhen the burden is cast down, … Continue reading →

I I needed witnesses.Wait a minute –There were witnessesMany of themAnd they watched meAs I existedIn a state of utter shell shock,Flabbergasted, dumbfounded,All of that and more –And they saw all of it unfold,But my story, hasn’t been retold,Not to … Continue reading →

Everyone is in the relentless pursuitOf shaping and telling their story. You get to sit on the sidelinesAnd watch as these stories unfold,Cheering them on,Watching with wonderIn your dreamless eyes,As they traipse through life,Writing their storiesWith gold yarn on rich … Continue reading →

You tiptoe through your life,Because it shares boundariesWith many others,And you don’t want to infringe,Upon what’s not yours by right. You certainly don’t wantTo make too much noise,Or create an aura from matchless glory –None of those things that rouseSleeping … Continue reading →

Nothing was stolen,Nothing misplaced,Within the house itself;If it weren’t for the flower potsLying upturned in the garden,And the fresh imprintsOf too big boots,The lady of the houseWouldn’t feel shaken,But as it stands, she does. “Nothing was stolen”,“Nothing misplaced”,They whisper under … Continue reading →

Scrooge and GrinchThose two beings,So utterly alike,In their dislikeFor all things Christmas,And yet so different too. Scrooge and GrinchThose two beings,Indeed, the patron saints,For those that areChristmas-averse at heart. Scrooge and GrinchThose two beings,Who lend a voice,To everyone who has … Continue reading →