Monday, November 23, 2020

Premotions

                                                                                artbysunita


Today, she hit the rock bottom

Worrying and dreading

Of unknown things

Again her body gave away

How invalid she feels!

She cannot make any sense

Of this senseless phase

A phase of displeased 

Or is it displacement?

Sort of here and there

An oscillating shadow

She is trying to catch hold of

Every nerve in the body

Is going haywire

And speaks its own langauge.

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Lazyness

 

                                                                                 artbysunita



There is a lull in the air

The day dragged on and on

A slight breeze of lethargy

Creeped lethally

And made her day boring

She couldn't fathom

What to do or what not

Her bones made funny noises

As if knocking   for a release

From the fortress 

She has built herself.

It is almost nine months

That she has caged herself

In that unknown fortress.

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Drained

 



Today, she is back to her old self

Bedridden and lost

Her body again started

Acting weird

Dark shadows dance

Infront of her eyes

And she finds no way

To escape from the darkness

Sometimes she feels

She is nearing the end

Yes, there are days

When she feels she is on cloud nine

But, those are very few

Most of the days are

Enveloped in gloomy thoughts


Friday, November 20, 2020

Serendipity

 

                                                                                  artbysunita


Today, she felt at peace

The mind was silent

The noises were slaughtered 

She kept herself busy

Tending her plants

And then took time

To fill colors

On blank pages

Only colors can take her

To her happy shores

She can feel the warm breeze

Cleansing the cobwebs

Cluttered in her thoughts.



Thursday, November 19, 2020

Silence

 

                                                                                artbysunita



She hears these voices

Voices broken into parts

Different shades of sounds

Loud, mellowed and whispered

She is trying to fathom

This oddness which is lurking

Within her surrounds

Or is it her mind?

Which is playing these games!

She is surrounded by silence

But, she hates this silence

Which is nerve wrecking

And which is eroding her

Sense of belonging.

She wants that silence

Which sooths the soul

And breathes with serenity.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Restlessness

 


                                                                          artbysunita



Today, her restlessness

Was beyond her control

She furiously painted

And let the colors

Sooth her nerves

Some unknown fear

Grips at her chest

And she feels lost

A dread of unknown measures

Cruises in her veins

She  cannot pinpoint

What is that eating her

But, that feeling of panic

Doesn't stop and she indulges in

Painting  images after images on the canvas

To feel alive and to breathe.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Stagnation

 

                                                                                 artbysunita


Today, the day just dragged on

Enveloping her in a sense of ennui

She let herself go and accept the fate

Nothing much to do

And nothing to feel and gloat

Just a dullness around

Which doesn't go

The only way she can distract

Herself is through colors

She touches the myriad hues

And let them speak her mind.


Monday, November 16, 2020

Deadend

 



She is going through 

A very weird phase

As if she has got stuck 

Between the walls

Anxiety is ruling

Her every breathe

No particular reason

To pinpoint and to blame

For the bouts of

Apprehensions and doubts

Maybe the cage is getting

On her nerves.

Most of the times

She moves around

Like a zombie

No sense, no goal

She finds herself wrecked and stuck

Inside the messed walls.



Sunday, November 15, 2020

Lethargic

                                                                                  pic-sunita
 


Today, she is feeling

A little woozy 

A bout of discomfort

Has settled in her belly

The day dragged and dragged

And her groggy self

Managed to overcome

The hours of nausea

There is no more

Commotion in her mind

She just feels numb and silent.


Saturday, November 14, 2020

Celebrations

 





                                                                   

She is exhausted

But happy as

The day went by

In a jiffy

An aroma of life

Floated in her home

And she inhaled deeply

The tiny breathe of distraction

Yes, a distraction, but

Which was worthful,

Colorful and joyful.





Friday, November 13, 2020

Hopeful

 

                                                                              Pc. Sunita


Today, hope peeped

Through her window

With a cup of steaming tea

She embraced  its beauty

She felt as if her heart

Won't fit inside her ribs

Wrapped in a silver lining

Hope, glided in the sky

Wearing a crown of many hues

It inspired her

To accept life

In all its shades

Maybe tomorrow, life

Riding on the lights,

Will bring more magic

More smiles and more love.




Thursday, November 12, 2020

Motivation

 

                                                                             artbysunita


Today, the day went

At a snail pace

Nothing earth shattering happened

She was restless as usual

She caught hold of her saviors

And let them sooth her nerves

They ran on the blank page

As if waiting to fill it 

With multiple hues

Red, blue, orange

Yellow, green, pink

Danced on the blankness

Bringing joy to her

Aching eyes and soul.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Distraction

 

                                                                           artbysunita


Today, she is feeling very restless
As if autumn has touched her heart
It meanders in her veins
And flows on a paper
Words after words
Emboss on her wandering mind
Thoughts that distracts her
Shuttle through the
Avenues of doubts 
She is really trying hard
To control this mindless wandering
Colors have become her savior
She is trapped in her cage
But her brushes gallop
On a wet paper, finding beauty
In its different shades.

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Helpless


 

Today, she felt

As if the whole world

Conspires to make her feel unwanted

She is holding to a ray of hope

To make her understand

What is happening around 

Nothing makes sense to her anymore

A herculean lethargy has gripped her soul

She is swimming against the tide

Trying to hold on to her sanity

A complete washout she feels

Aching body and a broken spirit

Sums up her over all.

Monday, November 9, 2020

Acceptance

 




She wish she could go to the sea

And empty her heart and talk to the waves

And fill the sea with her burning memories and aches

She is desperate to find some piece of sunshine

And let her heart feel alive

She accepts her mistakes

She faces the dreams of the past

She try to leave behind the regrets

And walk on a new path

Which will lead to a better place

Where regrets and repentance

Will merge in the darkness.


Sunday, November 8, 2020

Quagmired

 






Today, her day was hazy

Her eyes felt as if pulled by lead

Such helpless and nothing much to do

Her body doesn't listen to her anymore

The cells are running haywire 

Every bone and vein

Runs on lethargic fuel

Every nerve is numb

And the heart is silent

The dreaded thoughts

Can take her overboard

If only there was some

Sense of hope lurking

In some corner of the universe.

Saturday, November 7, 2020

Stepping Stones

                                                                               artbysunita
 


Today, she managed to see

The other side of the spectrum

There were multiple hues

Stuck on the  asphalt surface

A kaleidoscopic dance

Gazed at her in the night air

Fluorescent streets

And zooming machines

Grained her gazing eyes

She noticed and felt it  too 

Humanity is very restless

One cannot trap it

Within the four walls

Life is a milieu of

Many desires and temptations. 

Friday, November 6, 2020

Disoriented

 

                                                                            artbysunita



Today, she is filled with

Too many ominous thoughts

She can feel the shadows looming

In the dark recess of her soul

There are too many noises

Whirring in the mind

The dreaded thoughts

Has the power to take her

To the other side of the shadows

There is no end to this anxiety

This hopeless vacuum 

Will suck her one day

In the deep pools of emptiness.


Thursday, November 5, 2020

Courage

 

                                                                            artbysunita



Today, she dared to go out

Throwing all the precautions to the wind

There was fire in her eyes

To prove to herself

That she can do it

She can take wings

Fly high and land back safely

There was an aura of humanity 

Jostling through life

Even holding to life itself

A few steps of courage

Can be a real breathe of fresh air.

Maybe the clipped wings

Are finding the wind

In the right direction.


Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Nostalgia

                                                                              artbysunita
 

She is a child at heart,

She wants to visit those lanes

Where her childhood danced.

A freedom she cherished

Without any worries

She found happiness

In the vast  fragrant meadows.

She understood herself and her truth,

In the arms of the nature, and

Her innocent heart pranced and felt alive

And now, she reminiscences those days

Gazing, at her lonely shadows

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Imagining

                                                                             artbysunita


 

She is a dreamer
Some calls her
An emotional fool
She cannot control
What she feels
There are so many things
Which makes her cry
She finds beauty in everything
The beautiful sunrise to sunset
A dreamy moonlight to galaxies 
A smile on a child's face
A hot glass of tea
On a wintry morning
A glass of tender coconut water
On a summer day
A phone call from a loved one
When she is going through rough times
All these tiny bits of moments
Warms the cockles of her heart
She is a dreamer
Some calls her
An emotional fool.





Sunday, November 1, 2020

Contemplating

 

                                                                                artbysunita


She has been thinking

How to deal with the shadows

Forced by a time unparalleled

There are many fissures

Protruding in her conscience 

To lay low or to fight back

To find a bit of light

In that tunnel where her mind rests

The days are converging 

Into colors and shades of

Blacks, blues, and every shades

Which darkness can embrace

Her eyes do not see anymore

The seasons of bright colors

There is too much of darkness

Around her heart and the soul

Is immersed in a whirlpool of thoughts.





Struggling

 



She has so many things to say

But, the tongue is on a hiatus

Everyday she wakes up

With a feeling of gloom

She carries a huge burden on her shoulders

Dragging through the day

Holding on a blade of grass

Nothing works, the mind is numb

The soul has dried up of every desire

There is a huge vacuum 

In place of a heart

Days and days of darkness

Will suck her one day

Through the walls of a black hole.


#floatingthoughts 

Saturday, October 31, 2020

In The Parallel Universe

Day-31 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Light, Dark and Shadow 

Form : Parallelogram de Crystalline


                                                                             Pic: Sunita



Depressing

Is the imperfect world

Embracing every waking moment.


Uplifting

The sight of blazing clouds

Are they carrying hope in their arms?


Believing

In the power of nature

Let the light heal the darkness in me.


Weathering

All the shadows of time

A Phoenix will breathe again and shine




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Friday, October 30, 2020

ME without I

 Day-30 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: About Self

Form: Free Verse


                                                                           artbysunita



There is no "I" anymore

There is no "ME" to talk about

I am a ghost of  "Tomorrow"

With clipped "WINGS" 

In place of "HOPE"

"1" is trying very hard

To find the "ME"

To "SMELL" the flowers

But, there are too many "OBSTACLES" 

There was a "HAPPY"  I

Now, there is  just a " BROKEN" me

Not much to say about " ME"

When time has erased the "I" 



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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Silent Dreams

 Day-29 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Tracks

Form: Free Verse



PC: Sunita

On the other side of the tunnels 

Childhood dances

On an arch of sepia memories.



Pc: Sunita


The call of the verdant shores

Fill my soul

With timeless images.


Pc: Sunita


The cascading milkyway carries 

My dreams

Through the plains and beaches,




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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

No Two Ways

 Day-28 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Journey

Form: Free Verse



                                                                            Pc:Sneha



Life is a moment

You are not who you are

A flickering wind

A touch of skin

A fragrant whiff

Stays forever

Everything that breaks you

Also makes you stronger

You cross the bridge

Leaving all those moments

You are just-

A breathing epitaph.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Saudade

 Day-27 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Magic

Form: Decuain


                                                                             PC: Sneha




Let me curl up, close my eyes and forget,

What I am going through  these tiring times,

I want  happy moments and hold them tight,

Feel the breeze resonate in unsung rhymes,

My heart sings those songs of  magical years.

Cascading memories after memories of yore,

A child like laughter wrapped in colorful daffodils,

Flashes of delightful sunset and welcoming shore

Encroach my solitude and dreams every night

And I live for those magical moments to enchant.



 



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Monday, October 26, 2020

A bit of Everything

 Day-26 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Being Different

Form: Free Verse 


                                                                           artbysunita


It is not easy 

To survive

In a world

Where looks

Are everything

What about those

Who are different?

Well, they are the best

They indulge in activities

Which make them strong

They turn into the fighters

The survivors who rock the 

World with their creative minds

I have struggled

With complexes untold

Walked a long road

To reach my destination

I am myself again

Charging ahead to face

The challenges bravely

Being different is not a crime

It is a blessing

To do things differently.





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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Milestones

 Day-25 OctPoWriMo-2020

 Prompt: Breaking the rules

Form: Mitra



                                                                                 PC: Friend


Moving,

Marking Milestones

My mind, 

Making many moves

Mapping, 

Memories mindlessly.





(We have to create our own poetry form today. So I created a simple poetic form called Mitra.

Mitra- 6 lines poem. Syllable count 2,4,2,5,2,6 and every word starts with the same alphabet. No particular rhyme scheme)

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Saturday, October 24, 2020

To Break the Chains

 Day-24 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: To do something different

Form: Joseph's Star


                                                                           image:google


Muse
She is mine
The whole world conspires
She is a beacon of faith
The language of survival
There is strength in her
That motivates
Me.

                                                                              
                                                                


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Friday, October 23, 2020

GRATITUDE

 Day-23 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Gratitude

Form : Free Verse

                                                                          Pic: Friend







How do I put this in words?

This feeling of being touched

By a force unknown and known.

A mystery of emotions

Dancing in the heart

Takes over without

Any reason or a rhyme.

A bond too strong to break

Every silence echoes

With many unsaid words

The quarrels, the debates

Signs of acceptance as

Distances melt

And words are just an excuse

But, what remains

Is the warmth

Of a life long friendship.



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Thursday, October 22, 2020

AN EMPTY EVENING

 Day-22 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: A word or phrase

Form : Acrostic

 artbysunita

                                                          


Another day goes by

Nudging the silent hours

Every sound is voiceless

Masking the ghosts of darkness

Poetry has taken over

The dark hours of loneliness

Yearning flames of desires

Eavesdrop in the verses

Veering towards a chasm

Eating away the soul

Night and its shadows are mine

I am jostling in the whirlwind

Noiselessly and tired

Grieving myself to sleep.



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(The song spoke to me as the sun went down the horizon.

Khali haath shaam aayi hai.....the evening has come empty handed)




Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Gongura on the Tongue

 Day-21 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Taste

Form: Free Verse


                                                                 Gongura Leaves Pic:Sunita


Such power 

In those  greens

Smooth, creamy

Explosively sour

Packed with iron

And a number of vitamins

My mouth waters

As I mention its name

It comes with

So many memories and

Ancient wisdom

Wrapped in its leaves.

Jars and jars of pickles 

Adorn the kitchen walls

Mango, lemon, tomatoes and more

But, for me, these are my pride

Just a spoonful of this magic

On my plate

Enough to cause an uproar

With a mouthful of rice

The senses ripples

On the taste buds


                                                                      image: google



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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The Soul Soothers

 Day-20 OctPoWriMo-2020

Prompt: Touch

Form : Free Verse


PC: Sunita


Every pain 
heals
in your fragrance
Your softness rejuvenates my soul
And I realize 
I am not alone
Moving in a timeless chasm
We have short lives
 but we  live
And feel, love and rejoice
Our little joys are time bound
Still we enjoy every moment.




                                                                         Pics: Sunita


My furry friends 
are my healers.
They fill my life with wonders.
Every worry and every ache
finds solace 
in their adoring eyes.
Running hands over their soft coats
 sooth my nerves and push away the blues.
To my aching heart 
they are the balm
I bask in their unconditional love.

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