Peace

Day-31 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Peace
Form: Free Verse

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In contemplation
I penned many words
To make peace with self
This journey is my annual pilgrimage
A journey that cleanses my clogged thoughts

Through dark nights and changeling phase
From womb to a cage
Many doorways opened in the blue
Sometimes the tongue tasted the scent
Sometimes the eyes touched and felt
Walking through the silent noise
Hugging a tree and mother earth
Accompanied by mother, father, and family.

Disappointment in the purple shades
Taking solace in mountains and oceans
Screaming in the wind
Mending broken pieces
In the company of my fur babies
Breathing in the white lies
Pleasing in unspoken words

From how did I get here?
To mending the broken pieces
My soul touched the lightness of being
Questioning many times "WHO AM I?
Words came to my rescue
Words in many shapes and sizes
Touched me, consoled me 
Words, an antidote
To my poisoned wounds









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Who am I?

Day-30 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Who am I?
Form: Free Verse.

                                                             

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I look in the mirror
Asking myself
Who am I?
The little shadows
Under the eyes
A few wrinkles
On the brow
Specks of salt and pepper
Is that who am I? 
I am much more...
I am too honest
I am a mirage
I am an oasis
I am the peaks
I am the abyss
I am intimidating 
I am caring
I break into many pieces
I mend through the rough edges
Sometimes I believe
Sometimes I lose hope
My moods 
Are like seasons
My skin is scarred
My soul is broken
Still, I am strong
I wear my medals with pride
With a cup of sweet tea
A few dreams in my eyes
I look at the sunrise and sunset
Making my leisure time
Accept me with all my faults
I am...
A woman ...



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Time Chasers

Day-29 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Lightness of Being
Form: Free Verse

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Time goes in a somersault, reminiscing youthful days.

A strong mind in a sound body

Passions and ambitions 

Floated on wings,

Fancy-free days and dancing dreams,

Life was music with beautiful sunsets and warm moonbeams.

Now, nights get flooded and simmer in the eyes,

Mirroring the solitude in the waning lights.

Time moves on hinges in a temple of ruins,

Leaving no room to weave charming words. 

Seasonal whispers started echoing in the evening chant,

Broken wings don't make a good flight.

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Broken Pieces

Day-28
Prompt: Mending Broken Pieces
Form: Pantoum

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When words softly caress,
Like a  sea, quiet and serene.
Poetry mends the broken pieces
Healing the heart in a lilting rhyme.

Like a sea, quiet and serene
Many emotions go too deep
Healing the heart in a lilting rhyme
Words dance on the fingertips.

Many emotions go too deep
Musing in rhyming tones
Words dance on the fingertips
As the heart scribbles blank notes.

Musing in rhyming tones
Poetry mends the broken pieces
The heart scribbles on blank notes
When words softly caress.



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The Long Winding Road

Day-27 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: How Did I Get Here?
Form: Ottava Rima

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Hope springs eternal in the human breast

Life moved on a gold-lettered adage 

Every word resonates in the heart

Seasons change into a camouflaged phase

Life floats on doldrums, with shadows adrift

Alas! Destiny sieve dreams unfazed

There is no hope left when life is unfair

One starts questioning, How did I get here?

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The Unspoken Promises

Day-26 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: What has been unspoken
Form: Joseph's Star

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Love

A poison?

Or an antidote?

Mysterious heartbeat breathes

Breathlessly wrapped in sweet smiles

Sweet poison maybe

The blushing

Pain

*****

Stars

Are you real?

Shiny shades adorned

Kaleidoscope in the air

Smiling at the silent death

Canopy of boughs

Turns into

Ash

*****

Love

Silent pleas

Speak sometimes the words

Do you have the same feelings?

The unspoken words do hurt

Can you make a move?

Just for once

Please.

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White Stages of Life

Day-25 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: White
Form: Musette

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Moonbeams,
Lusty night,
Daydreams!


White hair-
Age in phase
Unfair!


Shrouded,
The last nail
Bereaved! 




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Breath of Life

Day-24 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Breathe
Form: Song

  image:sneha

Serenading in blazing blushes

Flaming the seasonal eclipses 
No power nor the strength

Stripped till the last breath
Emotions hit the surface

A rift of a diseased race.

Breathing fire, burnished fire the hues of fall...

  Falling into little pieces 

Converging in lacy lashes

Sometimes  a kernel of faith

Sometimes a restless breath

They surrender without any trace

A kaleidoscope of a wonderous maze.

Breathing fire, burnished fire the hues of fall...

A garden of flowers

Reaps a layer of blushing leaves

To erase fate is like a forked myth

To improve, to reshape life they breath

Stuck in the quagmire

Waiting for the summer's fire.

Breathing fire, burnished fire the hues of fall...

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My Lifelines

Day-23 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Fur Babies
Form: An Acrostic

 my babies Ginu and Laddu

Moving with the force of life
Your presence makes me feel alive

Love  that shines through your smiles and eyes
I cannot measure in words or in rhymes
Filled with laughter my days and nights
Enchanting is your company and the cuddly moments 
Lonely shadows of demanding needs creep silently 
In the world where others expect selfishly
Nothing can make your faithfulness waiver
Eagerly providing solace when the dark clouds hover
Serenading seasons, beating blues, gathering memories, we do it together.



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Broken

Day-22 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Broken
Form: Free Verse

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In the tiny whorl 

It breaks

Into a thousand pieces

There is nothing left

The stream dries up

The broken flesh cringes

Laden with numbered aches

Some are too strong

Some are already worn

Delving deeper

One finds

The stretched marks

Stained and dark

Not ready to mend

Not ready to bend

The harder the push

The darker they become

Those men-o-pausal blues.




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Questions

Day-21 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Frustration
Form: Shape Poem

        

                            

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                 many                                overwhelming

                 so                                                      questions

                                                                                 screaming

                                                                                           involuntarily
                                 
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                                                           searching 

                      

                                               in tandem

      

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Mountains and Oceans

Day-20 OctPoWriMo-2019

Prompt: Mountains and Oceans

Form: Haibun

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I sit on the shores of the mighty sea remembering those heartwarming days.it feels just like yesterday surrounded by the crystal waters on one side and the beautiful verdant mountains on the other side, childhood danced in those mountains. The tall trees, some fruit bearings, and some others, our silent companions. My friends and I playing hide and seek under their huge canopy. Sitting under the trees and dreaming about the future. Gathering wild berries and dancing with the wind while munching them. In between getting disturbed by a chirp of a beautiful hornbill. Sometimes coming across an anthill. There are those little animals scurrying among the leaves and us curious ones trying to find their origin. Maybe some of my footprints resonate in those mountains. The sea gurgles with memories and I see my father fishing at the bay. Little children throwing stones in the waters and see the ripples carrying messages to the distant shores. The tiny boats far away shining in the shadow of a rainbow. A lingering sigh escapes when I remember those sepia shaded memories.

across the rainbow

crystalline mirror reflects

a twilight childhood

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Purple

Day-19 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Purple
Form: Villanelle

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What will people say?
The heart knows no limit
People talk anyway.

There is a mystery in the play
A deep emotional bond is built
What will people say?

We hide and seek like a prey
But, our dreams take a flight
People talk anyway.

Your memories make my day
A sweet smile mesmerizes in guilt 
What will people say?

These serene moments will stay
My lavender moods do forget
People talk anyway.

Don't you think we are ok?
In our sweet world, we have the doubt
What will people say?
People talk anyway.



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Disappointment

Day-18 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Disappointment
Form:Free Verse

Dreams oscillate between

Many hiccups;

Heartbreaking, shattering;

From teenage to adulthood.

The seamless ache 

On strings, not in my hands.

Dreams many;

Some died a natural death

Some were left in the midway

And some dissolved in the tears

Life fostered on the heartaches.

Can one complain

When "Man proposes and God disposes"?

Disappointments and failures

Strengthen one's resolve

Faith has moved mountains

And this too shall pass.

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Family

Day-17 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Family
Form: Kyrielle

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In solitude, I do wonder
Was I an unwanted blunder?
The bonds repel and do not match
We, the rusted door with no latch.

The thickness in the blood vary
Each one has a chip to carry
Time heals and keeps a silent watch
We, the rusted door with no latch.

Those who matter, are not my own
Their affections are deeply sown
Shares laughter and have no grudge
We, the rusted door with no latch.



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Time is Love

Day-16 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Time
Form: Blitz

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Life speaks
Life is time
Time to change
Time to feel
Feel the heat
Feel the beat
Beat the crap
Beat the blues
Blues too many
Blues are lifelines
Lifelines on a rollercoaster
Lifelines on a move
Move to break
Move to shake
Shake the heart
Shake the soul
Soul on fire
Soul is restless
Restless as hurricanes
Restless in inertia
Inertia breeds boredom
Inertia kills hope
Hope to be alive
Hope to breathe
Breathe soft music
Breathe the fragrance
Fragrance of a heartbeat
Fragrance of freedom
Freedom to fly
Freedom of choices
Choices  under duress
Choices smothered
Smothered forever
Smothered in silence
Silence is noise
Silence is solitude
Solitude among people
Solitude in the dark
Dark clouds hover
Dark thoughts provoke 
Provoke to think
Provoke to find meaning
Meaning of life
Meaning of survival
Survival instincts
Survival is love
Love liberates
Love crushes
Crushes...
Liberates...



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Mother May I ?

Day-15 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Mother May 1 ?
Form: Free verse

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Mother,

May I bare my soul?

Decades have gone by

When I remember 

The aching adolescent

There were days 

I felt I knew

There were days 

I wished you cared

I couldn't match you

I didn't choose to be so

Those taunts

Made me stronger

It became easy

To survive in the unfolding world

That ache remained

Through seasons after seasons

I am a mother now

The grey, I do sport proudly

I don't worry about how I look

I do understand, not completely

But I do!

We have moved many mountains

We have faced many storms

You have changed so have I

We are balancing the past

And making a better future

I cannot ignore your presence

I am part of you and so you are mine.



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Earth

Day-14 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Earth
Form: Free Verse

 Image: Somu

The rivers 
The forests
The trees
The mountains
The meadows
These are my treasures
Protect them
For you and for your children.

I nurture you
I give you life
I look for you 
You exist
As long as I exist.

Man, wake up!
I am weeping
As you are raping
My wings are broken
Let me breathe
Do not ravage my womb
Do not dig your own grave
Love for me keeps you alive
You won't stand a chance
If I take things in my hands.

Man, wake up! Think! Act wisely!



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Hugging a Tree

Day-13 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Hugging a Tree
Form: Rondeau

(The pic is of my parents' place. We had more than 50 coconut trees spread across the front yard. I have spent some beautiful moments in their shade. Read books, dreamt and felt safe under the caressing canopy. But last year, nearly 21 trees were felled to make way for a flyover. My friends left without a goodbye  :( )

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Memories, of my childhood days
Clear as today, in many ways
The loving companions so tall
Echoes the wind and touch my soul
Taking me to beautiful bays.

Had spent many hours in its shades
Long summers and cozy winters
Finding sweet peace against its wall
Memories...

Time  leaps into many seasons
Wet winters  and earthy summers
Ambition demands and trees fall 
As roads spread on the gaping whorl
The roots mauled by man's greedy dreams
Memories...


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Black

Day-12 OctPoWriMo-2019
Prompt: Black
Form: Shadow Sonnet

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Beautiful is black, Oh! life beautiful!
Shades of life ooze, a ring of fiery shades,
Darkness lies in the soul, in stark darkness,
Hope springs in the heart, when there is no hope.

On life's whirlpool, we live on,
Sometimes it pains, and  it heals sometimes,
Yet, it is precious, there is no end yet,
Long hours of effort goes in headlong.

Breaking past shackles is back-breaking,
Love needs love, understanding, and more love,
Wars are not won by making more wars,
Soft touches and words make the heart soft.

Life a journey, an experienced life,
Dreams of belief give birth to many dreams.



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