Stream of Life

Day-11 OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Falling through the Cracks (Free Verse)

Image: Sneha

I know,
you are ashamed of them,

Those scars on the waning valley.

It's a pity, you don't know

They are flags of my destiny.

There is no escape 
When fate, thinks otherwise
You either sail or go against the tide.

They are the medals of the restless soul

For some, body shaming 
Becomes an entertaining goal.

When you are at your lowest ebb 
And they do not give a damn 
You look at your wrists

Sometimes you ward off the demons

Sometimes you fight back the evil thoughts.

And then out of the blue
Courage holds your hand and you smile
There is an air of deja vu.

 Hey! This is my body!

I feel pretty in every way.

My grave will adorn, the layered tracks

How about making an effort,

 To know what lies beyond the scars and cracks?

Participating in http://www.octpowrimo.com/2018/10/day-11-falling-through-cracks.html

Tuned Life (Con-verse)

Day 10-OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Dancing on Air ( Form: Con-verse)

I live another moment:
Cheating death!What a delight!

Toxic emotions are heartache,
A pendulum of lies to fake.

Some warm sunshine and some drizzling rains,
Many desires dance to break the chains.

Hope and dreams waltz with joy on the surface
When poetry wraps life in its embrace.

Ephemeral life peeps through the mirrored lie
Fear cannot touch again when true faith stands by. 


Participating in http://www.octpowrimo.com/2018/10/poetry-prompts-day-10-dancing-on-air.html

Love is a moment

Day-9 OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Love (Free Verse)

He asks her, "What is love?"
She replies with a mysterious smile,
"Love is wanting you with such deep longing"
He smiles: 'Are you sure?"
She replies, "I never felt like this before."

She looks at him with a lingering sigh,
"Can you feel the way I look at you?
He responds" Yes, there is magic in your eyes"
She blushes and replies, "That magic in my eyes is love for you"
He looks at her wonderingly and says, " You are crazy"
She helplessly looks at him and utters, "I Love You"

He tenderly wraps her in his arms 
She feels his heartbeat making a tattoo on her palms.
He sighs and plants a kiss on her eyes.
Feeling the emotions which they cannot fight
They accept fate and melt in the snowy night.



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Pain in Moments

Day-8 OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Moments of Madness( Blitz Poem)

Image credit: Sneha

Time is cruel

Time brings pain

Pain comes unnoticed

Pain is a burden

Burden to carry lifelong

Burden which erodes the soul

Soul gets mauled

Soul feels the sores

Sores of existence

Sores of emptiness

Emptiness followed by doubts

Emptiness carries past dirt

Dirt which was not needed

Dirt heaped by blood

Blood of relation

Blood of desire

Desire of too many things

Desire for happiness

Happiness is a mirage

Happiness in a feeling

Feeling of being lost

Feeling of been alive

Alive to taste life

Alive to feel lust

Lust for that one love

Lust for fulfilling dreams

Dreams of touching the stars

Dreams to dance in the moonlight

Moonlight in the soul

Moonlight in the dark nights

Nights spent in loneliness

Nights wearing shroud of solitude

Solitude in the daytime

Solitude among people

People who are apathetic

People who are your friends

Friends in the wolf skin

Friends in the guise of angels

Angels in the time of need

Angels to wrap in an embrace

Embrace one and all

Embrace pain and feel the beat

Beat of heart

Beat of life

Life lived in harmony

Life in chasing moments

Moments to be alone

Moments lost forever

Forever...

Alone...

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Waiting for a Reply

Day-7 OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt:Unsent Letters

Dear B,

Every day is full of sunshine.

The birds chirp in their nests

There are the scented blooms

Which assail my senses all the times

There is a rush to finish so many errands.

Life moves on at its own pace

And I adhere to the robotic race

And then...when the heart is crushed

I wake up with an emptiness, missing you,

Wishing you were around, giving me that warm hug,

Erasing my pain, providing solace. How I miss you!

There are times when I feel your presence

Telling me, be strong don’t give up

There are times, I feel a vacuum

I call out your name, to find some base

Nothing happens,

The darkness in my heart

Is greeted by an eerie silence.

Yours heartbroken...

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Love is a Mirage

Day-6 OctPoWriMo
Prompt: Conquered (Rondeau)

Beware, my dear! Don't fall in love,
Without the signs from far above,
When hearts meet and feel the beat
There is the force to reckon with
The same fate met by Adam and Eve.

Love crushes and makes shed tears
While trying to mend the aching hearts
Too many doors to open and feel free.
Beware, my dear!

The lovers take risk all the way
But there is a thin layer made of clay
A battle that cannot be conquered
Dreamers, who are forever doomed
It is a not a victory when emotions play...
Beware, my dear!

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She is ALIVE

Day 5- OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Denied (Free Verse)

 She struggles everyday
From morning till evening
It is a round of denials
Don't do this
Don't do that
You are born to be a dormant.

You shouldn't laugh loud
You shouldn't expose yourself
So many restrictions
So many hurdles
Life is just a quagmire
Instilled with so many barriers.

There is nobody around
To listen to her woes
An emptiness erodes her soul
Whenever she finds 
Her life is without any goals.

Her feelings are shrouded
Her desires are smothered
She suffocates in the  fold of traditions
As she looks at the sky
And wishes for once to utter the word "NO".

It is time to fight back
It is time to reject 
The doomed existence
She will no more be denied 
Her rights, for being a woman
She will fight. to voice  her FREEDOM.

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The Earthy Relics

Day-4 OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Strange Animals (Free Verse)

A strange friend-The Snail

I come across, once in a while

Many little pretty and strange animals

Most of them are beautifully hued

Some are small and some are very cute

This little fella was crossing the road

In search of green pasture

I stopped and stared and stared

As he wobbled along with his shell

He had to cross a lengthy stretch

I picked him up to explore the other side

To munch on some fodder

Which was visible to him and not me

As it was a dark and starry night.

He snailed his way quietly in the dark

I was honored to find a friend on that starry night.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

An Old Friend- The Star Tortoise

No man can match his beauty

An ancient relic in full glory.

He walked on this earth, for thousand years

And still walks with pride, among the mere mortals.

I met him unexpectedly one day, at a friend's place

Looking so grand in his armour

I was completely transfixed

He moves without fear on the greener patch,

At his own pace, munching on gogu leaves.

A relic from the past still standing tall

When the world is struggling, to breathe in fresh air.

There is always the fear of not existing anymore

Man in his greed has made his mission for their extinction

Still, they will walk this earth, add beauty to it,

They too will co-exist in the same environs

Breed and multiply and be part of nature for eons and eons ago.

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Awaken (Florette)

Day 3 - OctPoWriMo 2018
Prompt : Insecurity (Florette)

Image: Sunita

Maybe there was something knowing
In the deepest core beckoning,
Much she tries to stop the forces
Fate hopelessly braces as the heart is willing.

There is no chance of turning back,
When the arrows of love attack.
Hope will take care of what one needs,
Knowing those unknown pitfalls can lead to heartbreak.


When in doubt she would take that dare
Overcome hurdles without fear
Life is short, let the heart embrace
Emotions will sing and dance when love is secure.


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Yearn (A tanka )

Day-2 OctPoWriMo-2018
Prompt: Poems and Notes to You

Rapturous flutter

In the soft thud of silence

Love in moments sigh

Breathlessly waiting for you

Splinted whisper of heartache.

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2018/10/day-2-poems-and-notes-to-you.html?showComment=1538498899277#c7981803967052053454

Breathe In

 Day-1 OctPoWriMo-2018
 Prompt : Surrender

Image credit:Sneha

Let them flow

Those twisting

Jostling open wounds
There is an oasis to  feel and explore

A running stream of emotions

Dance to the tune of

Deep understanding

!
!
!

Wake up, face it

That sweet pain of

Being alive
There is nothing more to compromise

When the heart feels

The rhythm of
Self love.

http://www.octpowrimo.com/2018/10/octpowrimo-day-1-surrender.html