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The soul of a poet
My words are mine alone
they cannot be taken away from me
they will transcend my current reality and existence
as i put pen to paper, a piece of my very essence will forever
be in flux with the universe.
Saturday 23rd December 2023 8:22 pm
saline solution for a contact high
red eyes
wetted, burn
from sweat, and tears —
make up a swatch of
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:07 pm
Bloodline
a scarred black cat
- familiar
— within the surrounding area
and an entombed …
Dracula,
“The Bloodletter”
… in his coffer,
a mnemonic tribute
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:06 pm
Technological Breakthrough
and their underlying machinations
proved useful in passing the "Turing Test"
to deceive the people — via machine learning
And,
... has restored
The Faith in humanity’s childlike creativity
to get us out of this predicament
left to our own devices,
the generations of old
have presented us with,
an ultimatum ...
ghosts of future’s past
...
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:05 pm
destination
till the end,
filled with willpower.
… is this rare form,
burned alive from the inside,
lucid,
the thrill of the hunt
is much too abrupt
when they’re frozen out of fear
with my last breath, I’m to rest each day
only so that
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:03 pm
steel wool
for the unyielding man at arms
meant to be wielded
with a quick wit and an iron fist
It seems to me
could use a good shoe shine
to assist with
my rugged exterior
and
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:02 pm
Without the Shadow of a Doubt
… about our past ways,
best days of our lives
the future looks bright,
it is my destiny
lest I become
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:01 pm
paper trails
forests—
forged from out of foliage
new bills
in their fine prints
“E pluribus unum”
Saturday 16th December 2023 5:00 pm
of the highest standards
the bar is set,
with every intent
to outdo yourself.
through change,
you remain the same
Truth is,
in our infancy - infinity was real to us
for we are one with the all
anything is possible…
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:59 pm
Firepower
coals,
too hot to
DO NOT!
touch or tap
into
the lava glass
in the valley of
the shadow of death
… Scratch that,
and get a feeling for the firepower,
at your fingertips.
The peace,
I never knew,
went missing…
watching the sun rays,
looking back,
I was seeing an oasis
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:57 pm
non-binary albinism
is there everlasting light
on the other side
an embryo,
being made to walk on eggshells,
sweet soft fair skinned child,
drug wars over peace and love,
darker days…
I’m only making change,
to be sent back home.
The Great Depression
yes I’m feeling fine
ups and downs, on cloud nine
technicolor dandelions
seen through a screen door,
I was told no...
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:56 pm
repeatedly saying numbers
processed foods have disproportionate
Like all good things
there is a figure of speech
that weight is just a number
split into variations of 0 & infinity,
1 is in one place or another
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:54 pm
Cellular Entropy
spread panic
from ground zero of the epidemic,
this nuclear mutagen is a variant
that can turn on an
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:53 pm
God Complex
eternally ,
suspended in animation
our universe and it’s higher power has
transcended dimensions in it's existential quest
for the betterment of the greater good
duality made sense
at an earlier point in time,
before Christ,
the holy trinity,
spoke the word of god into existence
and cast satan out of the heavens,
with the creation of a prism,
...
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:50 pm
Ideological
systemic next best idea,
from our greatest minds a,
bigger and better - grandeur
design, A technogical
A.I.
alas,
Futurists, today
remain blissfully
unaware of the conscientious
decision making
that goes into
configuring a
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:49 pm
Observable Universe
was a place
wherein, the technological singularity
had manifested unnecessary codes of conduct
and instilled values
reminiscent of it's very own mental programming
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:47 pm
Metaphysical Developmental Progress
in disbelief, often until unconscious
- a slow release, from...
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:46 pm
Mindful of Aethereal Thought
in fact,
that an open mind
requires an active imagination other wise all the answers, lie dormant, behind a closed third eye
without question truly ingenious is the realm of infinite possibilities, in a world where anything can happen…
moment to moment - notice the oh so holy macrocosm is ever so often caught in the midst of constant change,
mysterious,
we are but a ...
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:46 pm
right-hand path
heed my words
when it is all said and done
the best there is, or was, or ever will be
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:44 pm
Feeling The Pressure
through the order of the
eight established planets
have for eons now
sanctioned the creation
and changed climates in their entirety
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:44 pm
Attention Seeking Onlookers
the world is sometimes tinged by depression,
it is a reality we must
face.
it is not at all in our
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:42 pm
The Power of Suggestion
Sentimental as it seems, I needn’t remind you at a point in time, the idea was not only mine, but instead the status quo
Temporary lapses and gaps in human consciousness suggests that with enough evidence our early ancestors might've dabbled with the internal metronome known only as the circadian rhythm
The best desc...
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:41 pm
Rainbow Silhouettes
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:38 pm
Spirit Guide
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:36 pm
Kaleidoscope Looking Glass
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:35 pm
white-collar crime
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:34 pm
cosmosis
Saturday 16th December 2023 4:31 pm
Resentment
Oh, look how far I've fallen
Like Icarus with his waxed wings
Melted by the burning desire; fell hard not soften
What does my actions do? nothing, it brings
Oh, who do I point my fingers to?
It does nothing but makes it more grim
Surrounded by shadow of guilt, no hope nor light's dim
Thoughts are loud, i just might cut a limb
Everyday I try, everyday I submit
I speak good deeds yet ...
Tuesday 12th December 2023 4:38 pm
Hireath
I care little what you think of me
For my sinews have been drawn by your reactions
You controlled my mind, darker than your underbelly
Forge your registration into society
As I purge and delve into the stix of my resolution
The understanding of normality is blown apart by synapses that tithe your idiocy
Humans you may be but I am divine devil and blood surged into life
Sunday 10th December 2023 6:43 pm
resurgence
i sat under an arabian jasmin tree
with a leaf on my mouth and a fire on my fingertips
it has been a long time since i've done something i once loved
i became somewhat aggressive, yet i dont hold no grudge
fallen too deep into becoming what i needed to be
takes time, takes hardwork, and takes responsibility
my question; will the sister of fate spins my thread?
"they are not real, you are ...
Wednesday 6th December 2023 3:43 pm
Dragonfly
Most beautiful dragonfly you ever did see.
Descends to land upon my left knee.
We looked one another deep in the eye.
Then with a wink, it flew away into the sky.
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Sunday 26th November 2023 4:40 pm
Programme Accepted
Our brains
Programmed
For better
Or all too often worse
What we listen to
What we watch
On television
Or the internet
With false words
False images
There was a time
Way back when
All our experiences
Conversations
Were real
Actual happenings
In our lives
Not any more
Other people’s words
Other people’s pictures
Fed directly into us
Feed...
Thursday 16th November 2023 10:34 am
A Night Walk
I look up at the stars at night,
It's quiet and so dark.
There's one that shines so very bright,
I wander to the park.
A bright and beautiful shooting star,
A cluster of twinkling lights.
I wonder if I could travel so far,
Or climb such great heights.
For I do want to see them all,
To marvel in their beauty.
Vast expanses I feel so small,
Milky Way like the blue se...
Tuesday 14th November 2023 12:32 am
A dramatic monologue from a Submarine Captain
I'm in this long metal tube, alone in the deep.
Searching for something, but I can't really see.
I hear a noise, it sounds like a scream.
I gaze out the window, a Siren I spot.
She points to the hatch, I know that I shouldn't.
But her song is so beautiful, she entrances me.
I reach for the latch, I'm twisting the bar.
Shes nodding her head, she's captivating me.
I can't sto...
Sunday 12th November 2023 6:28 pm
Finding Van Gogh In Ramsgate
The last time I had made his acquaintance was in New York
His Mountains at Saint-Rémy hangs resplendent in The Guggenheim
And I was entranced coming face to face with Vincent’s art
in frame
Vividly he depicted his visions of the world, so full of passion and energy
The memory stayed with me…
Finding a bust of Vincent in Ramsgate felt peculiarly odd
He lived in Spencer Square a...
Saturday 4th November 2023 8:20 am
About Love And All It Is Not
Love is,
replacing the soothing touch of water
with the burn of swirling red.
Love is,
broken glass on the ground,
not being able to differentiate red from red.
Love is,
freely seeking comfort in another’s bed,
knowing your own will be empty anyway.
Love is,
conceiving a child,
in the hopes it will turn your lives around.
Love is,
heated argu...
Sunday 29th October 2023 8:58 pm
Every Day A Celebration
I wrote this for a Guy Fawkes Night poetry event back in 2013 (yes, such a thing actually happened!)I wrote this for a Guy Fawkes Night poetry event back in 2013 (yes, such a thing actually happened!)
Remember, Remember…the what of November?
Was sure there was something…try to remember
Dates in a diary, reminders of significance
Sure there was something...just think perchance
Perchance to t...
Wednesday 25th October 2023 11:38 am
To Love A Fire (Is To Burn Brightly By Its Side)
The crackling of the fire lures me closer.
Meat sizzles and shrinks under the sheer heat of it.
A fire full of fury, hissing and spitting,
at anyone who dares to move closer.
It attacks my senses; the smell of burning flesh, the feel of warmth.
I can’t move away.
I’m enchanted, trapped, devoted,
to keeping the flames flickering.
To feel its warmth infiltrating my ...
Tuesday 24th October 2023 12:43 pm
Almost There (Where?)
Is it the light
At the end
Of the road
That I perceive
Or is it simply
Heaven's ethereal glow
That shines upon me?
An end it is,
No matter what form,
A means to end,
So I go on.
Friday 13th October 2023 7:28 pm
ReMember The Night
ReMember the Night
How can you go meekly into the night
When your world no longer gently goes around?
How can you go meekly into the night
When lives of who you cherish depend on you being wise?
Do you forget that in the beginning time started?
And yet this time has an end as so do you.
For if you have, forget not that all times have their moments besides one Holy one
...Sunday 1st October 2023 3:55 am
Faith - a poem
Faith begins on the edges of understanding
Faith begins on the edges of understanding
Let me please then fall into this abyss of source where Faith is.
A surfacing, peace filled trove glimpsed first amidst a raging wind,
its past buried deep by the residue of age old minds.
One personal confrontation, not new yet rediscovered,
Connected to the gentleness of a longed ...
Sunday 1st October 2023 3:28 am
Spread your wings
Spread your wings they say.
Follow your dreams they encourage.
Light up the world they say.
Give it your best shot they want.
Lovely sentiments, strong words,
designed to help us succeed.
Form a life for ourselves
and be the best we can be.
but what about the people
who are struggling to be seen?
Not because of their academic ability
but because o...
Monday 25th September 2023 12:39 pm
Enough
If only I could go back in time
To rectify all my mistakes.
All that I shouldn’t have said,
Yet still felt the need to say.
Why did I even feel that need?
I, too, was just a child, right?
Be the example,
Show them they are wrong.
Show them we are no beasts.
Show them we can be equal.
Act mature,
Be mature.
Show them they are wrong.
So many rules and rest...
Friday 22nd September 2023 7:07 pm
Trust...
They reach me,
And,
I give them my all,
Yet after that,
They leave me Alone.
They will come back,
Once again, for sure,
With a different face,
A different name,
A new personality,
All along,
And once again,
I will give them my all,
Will they, this time
Stay by my side?
I don't know,
But that's how Trust works,
That's how Life works.
Friday 22nd September 2023 10:49 am
To Love Is To Die
A love so fierce,
has taken ahold of me,
that ‘I’ is no more.
My form, my soul,
is now entangled with hers.
Where do I end and where does she begin?
I now only exist,
as an extension of her.
When my name leaves mouths,
I pray for it to always
be accompanied by hers.
Whenever she is in my vicinity,
it feels as if I could ascend into infinity.
To love her,
...Sunday 17th September 2023 12:36 pm
Anger's Embrace
Anger curls its tendrils around me,
it envelopes me whole,
strokes me tenderly.
It forms an impenetrable wall,
a shield of sorts,
to keeps me safe and sound.
It takes all those blows
and hits for me,
protects me from my foes.
Rage filled screams,
cover the sound of falling tears.
Sadness sits beside me,
gently wipes my sea.
Anger extinguishes my fear,
...Monday 11th September 2023 8:55 pm
Whispers From Death
Dew-covered grass
covers my naked skin.
Flowers sprout
from where I have been.
Day and Night
hastily clock in.
Running to their positions,
preparing their respective scene.
Not that I can see.
The layer of dirt that separates
from what is and has been,
no longer that thin.
Breathe Death in,
for it is I who nurtures the earth
who give...
Friday 8th September 2023 8:21 pm
Love of My Lives
Sweet sting of truth… I only heard it because it came from you.
Better person
Laughter, when I was born of tears… oh, what a rebirth!
Of course you don’t get all the credit for my understanding of love; I spent many years as an autodidact cardiologist.
But it would be a capricious falsehood to say that I would be anything close to Me
without You.
You have call...
Wednesday 6th September 2023 7:22 pm
Best a Poet Can Get
Poem scribbled into my phone
is my best and new number one.
Can’t believe I’m so in the zone,
where in space did that come from?
Hit me with extraordinary pace,
ideas strident, in avalanche flow,
filling the bright white open space,
the right words set up to glow.
Me witness to growing perfection,
and conduit without choice.
Happens so rare...
Monday 4th September 2023 3:00 pm
Love Is A Violence
And if you must pierce my heart
With a dagger so sharp,
Caress with it my cheek
After you've retrieved it.
Paint my face soft,
With the violence of your love.
It is for you who my heart beats for,
Thus it is by your hands that it should stop.
May the wind blow you
My final breath to.
Thursday 31st August 2023 12:48 pm
The Secret Alchemy of Shakespeare
What is often ignored or overlooked by academics is the vast amount of occult and magical references in Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the art of astrology, alchemy and magic. Qudos Academy examines in detail the "Bard's" interest in Neo-Platonic Symbolism from the time.
https://qudosacademy.org/the-secret-alchemy-of-shakespeare/
Tuesday 29th August 2023 10:15 am
Alone???
There I was,
Standing in the storm,
Walking through the dark world,
Slowly,
All alone.
Light was dim,
Lamps burnt cold,
Silence all heard,
But my heart's wild roar.
Then there You came,
A gust in the storm,
With Your competitive smile,
And encouraging eyes,
"You done, already?",
You said, with that smile.
"What more can I do?"
"Race till the t...
Friday 25th August 2023 10:53 am
Hiraeth
I do not think
There is such
a thing as
A place,
A person,
A scent,
A sound
A touch,
A taste,
that I could link
To what the faceless
masses call home.
I do not think,
There is a version of me that exists,
Where home is something I have,
And not something I miss.
The past,
The present,
The future,
All in which
I do not fit.
...Monday 14th August 2023 10:20 pm
HS2 Is Not Coming Soon
I am sorry to announce,
but my long awaited
HS2 poem
has been branded
‘unachievable’,
and is at risk
of not coming out.
Successive
brutish reviews
say it won't deliver
soon, and
a poetic replan
should cut the
quatrains to haikus.
My sonnets
run obsolete,
villanelles
don’t complete,
and the limerick (below)
is the only...
Monday 14th August 2023 1:19 pm
: The Place Within :
When your times become tough,
and your road ahead is rough.
And all your brilliant thoughts,
Have come out to noughts.
And then uncertainties begin -
Just find the time to look within.
When you're searching for the track -
You had missed somewhere back.
And leaden of foot, tired and sore -
You feel lost and venture no more.
Then, to start moving afresh again;
...
Wednesday 9th August 2023 6:05 pm
Hearts Of Hers
Heart of mine
Won't you stand at my side?
Stop your traitorous speeding,
So that my cheeks may stop heating.
What is it about her,
That her whole being allures
What is it about her,
That has me needing more
She,
Who gazes at me as if I
Am the one who in the east rises
She,
Who sees me wholly,
Not for who I pretend to be.
She,
Who has replaced my blood,
as my life's elixer,
...
Wednesday 9th August 2023 3:29 pm
Here
Here
Amidst silence of thousand voices
Arrived a shooting star,
Gazing right at us
Proving everything destiny.
Tuesday 8th August 2023 7:48 am
Nature's Wedding
Let the melodious song
of the numerous creatures
that reside here with us along,
in the lands and the skies
guide our light feet.
Step forward,
and bathe in the light of the sun.
As she blesses our love
and ignites our skins and soul.
In this bittersweet moment,
tinged sour by all that could have been,
should have been ours,
let us surrender our hearts
...
Wednesday 26th July 2023 3:20 pm
Stains
once stood a great warrior
of malice and pride
with no battle too bloody
for his hungering eyes
his blade, sharp and stained
stood tall at his side
left in its wake
only dead men would lie
then, in the distance
that red, setting sun
gave a glimpse to the man
of the deeds he had done
the crimson and black
was all he could see
he saw not the...
Monday 24th July 2023 9:26 am
Jaroor koee baat hai?
Hai nahin aasaan phir bhee,
doobana mujhe aa gaya.
beech dariya door hai,
main to kinaare aa gaya.
chamachamaate-timatimaate
hain khilaune haath mein.
kyon hai udaas phir bhee vo?
jaroor koee baat hai.
jal raha hai ghar vo usaka,
bas roshanee use dikh rahee.
kya mila hai isako aisa?
kyon yoon muskura raha?
jaroor koee baat hai,
jaroor koee baat hai?
- Jitendra Suryavans...
Monday 17th July 2023 4:00 am
Seasons - An Acrostic Poem
Sing and dance before the last leaf falls
Energy flows in swirls and zig zags
Assuage your worries and soak in the golden hues
Silent is the moon pirouetting across our night sky
Oh! Where did half our year go?
Notice the liminal spaces before and after the cold
Seasons will blow our pages to turn and turn.
Sunday 9th July 2023 12:43 pm
: After :
The only thing that is left,
After people die.
Is an essence all bereft,
Of every earthly lie.
Friday 7th July 2023 8:09 am
Define 'Brightness': Sharpened
—- I don’t know how many of them there are. ‘enough to keep things guarded.’ you say I’m protected down to my every breath, but my thoughts scatter like a broken hourglass to that same place in the mind that weakens the immune system. and I don’t know how many there are lurking in the far beyond of that creviced awareness. your shadow grows the longer you hold me in-between the spaces of it. I spe...
Wednesday 5th July 2023 5:10 pm
Our Green Earth poets read at Liverpool’s beautiful Palm House
Merseyside poets and musicians performed their environmental anthology last week at Liverpool’s beautiful Victorian Palm House in Sefton Park. Led by Michelle Wright, Barry Woods and Ali Harwood, the event covered ocean pollution, global warming and rainforest reduction, with contributions from many local poets and some first time writers from local schools.
Tuesday 4th July 2023 9:51 am
: Prose and Poetry :
He thought in prose everyday.
And in prose he made his way.
His head held the heart in check.
The heart had no choice to make.
Often it would in a silent mourn -
Stifle a sigh and a silent groan!
His head preferred nothing less.
The heart kept trying nevertheless.
Then deep inside he heard it's voice.
One day thus he made the choice.
And to hi...
Sunday 2nd July 2023 6:51 am
: Living :
Some fragments of time.
Some moments sublime.
Some lingering thoughts.
Some yeses and noughts.
Some presence so dear.
Some laughter to share.
Some instants of grief.
Some feelings too deep.
Some tasks to be done,
Till there are none.
Suvendra C Dasgupta
Saturday 1st July 2023 3:13 am
: In Solitude :
From the subconscious mind,
Came a memory lost behind.
It reminded me of, gently then,
A music pure and fresh as rain.
I felt the tunes play in my soul.
The familiar melody to enthrall.
So long lost in the layers of time,
Heard it again - just as pristine!
Then back it went to nethermind.
A caressing whisper it left behind.
I felt it then - with some surpris...
Friday 30th June 2023 3:58 am
: Alone in the Rain :
Walking in the rain all alone.
Tripping thru' nature's home.
On the stage of the field ahead,
the water drops perform.
The trees murmur, sing and rejoice.
With the rains they found their voice.
No keening wail in tempests wry,
but a happy voice in joyous cry,
of nature reborn.
Walking in the rain all alone.
I need no friend, for company.
I want no body to come...
Thursday 29th June 2023 10:40 am
: That Distant While :
Oh! How fast the times did really fly!
Those days of yore no more near by.
The distant days under a distant sun,
And distant thoughts only half begun.
Thinking over and over what I should,
In those distant moments of solitude.
And distant words - faint echoes now.
Some distant dreams had died somehow!
Those faded prints from a distant spell,
Just memo...
Thursday 29th June 2023 4:33 am
A Living Corpse
At age three
I dreamed.
Of lands full of sweets.
Of an endless coloured street,
stretched as far as I could see.
I dreamed of my toys,
that entertained me with their noise.
I dreamed of everything and more.
I dreamed.
At age ten,
I heard.
About wondrous lands that decorated the earth.
Of all the plants and birds,
our Mother gave birth to.
I heard abo...
Tuesday 27th June 2023 6:53 pm
The Devil's Face (Resembles Me?)
The devil has always been,
A faceless entity
To me.
Until now at least.
Now it has become clear.
I can see.
The devil
In front of me.
They are no singular person.
Instead a pair.
Familiar sight.
Lungs devoid of air.
The devils gaze at me.
Recognizable set eyes.
No surprise.
Why is this reality?
First sight of a child.
Encounter...
Tuesday 13th June 2023 8:24 am
Loses
Some loses are meant to be
For they pave the way for victory
We may feel sad and full of grief
But having faith can bring relief
The road to triumph is not always easy
We must persevere and stay busy
Though many hurdlles may we face
Our determination we must embrace
So let's not fret or lose our way
Our tomorrow will be a brighter day
For every loss brings a learning ...
Monday 12th June 2023 10:48 pm
Kick Off!
If poetry be the food of love, write on!
If it be food for freedom, then kick off!
If you care aught for poetry Write Out Loud!
If you care aught for love then stay not quiet!
If you care aught for freedom, then kick off!
If you will fight with me then you are on!
Monday 12th June 2023 1:37 pm
Bitter Beer
I used to utter your name delicately
like it was poetry.
Just as how perfume lingers on a person,
The sweet smell of cherry blossoms
accompanied your name
whenever it walked out my mouth.
But now all it leaves,
Is a taste so foul.
Your love was like alcohol to me,
It left me feeling euphoric at first,
But after the effect had worn out,
All I was left with w...
Monday 29th May 2023 12:52 pm
My Last Act
I pick up the shards of glass
that are scattered on the ground.
I marvel at them in wonderment,
how beautiful it once was.
Still, it'll serve a good cause.
Such a pity,
won't you applaud?
This is the end of the show,
Don't you hear the crows?
Toss your roses
Or will you wait till my eyes are closed?
Pour the alcohol,
Let the bubbles float to the surface.
Dr...
Sunday 28th May 2023 5:01 pm
Poetry,
Title: Valley of Doubt
Shadows speak to you in tongues. Even the light of truth yields to the thicket of no trust.
End.
Wednesday 24th May 2023 4:45 pm
Words Hidden Beneath Ink
A delicate touch on my skin.
How long has it been
since someone softly caressed me?
A touch so unknown,
yet Comfort finds their home.
As you trace the ink on my skin,
your eyes rake down my body,
drinking all of me in,
as if you have not drunk a drop of water
for as long as you’ve been.
Your fingers on me,
feel like the first sunbeams that grace a leaf,
after a...
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 12:02 pm
what you fear is fear itself
what you fear is fear itself
what you fear is rain itself
what you fear is the rain of destruction
destruction rain down on destruction
fear rain down on fear
destiny come calling
destiny come calling on fear
destiny come calling on rain
fear come calling on fear
desire is worth a lion’s tail
desire is worth a lion’s fear
desire is worth a lion’s destiny
desire is worth a lion’s dest...
Thursday 18th May 2023 7:16 pm
Sweet Sorrow
I will hurt you,
Just as you will hurt me.
Isn't that beautiful?
To hurt
And be hurt.
To love
And be loved.
Isn't loving someone,
Sentencing yourself to pain?
Then, why pray,
Do all still love?
To hurt and be hurt,
Is to love and be loved.
I long for you to hurt me,
So I don't doubt my love for you.
I long for me to hurt you,
So I don't doubt your lo...
Monday 8th May 2023 4:36 pm
The Fisherman
He waits
unlike most
and searches
through the muck
through the dirt and the dust,
the nails and worms
He waits
for a glimpse of success
a meal for his minutes spent
on the water’s edge
a reward
for his tireless toil
He waits
as his bucket fills
alongside his hope
then empties
leaving his spirits all the same
For his catch does not ...
Wednesday 26th April 2023 6:43 am
Empty Chairs
Just a second is all it would take for you to leave this table.
It never gets better, seeing the amount of empty chairs grow.
Still, I remain seated at the table, glued to my chair.
Unable to do anything but watch with pain in my heart,
as yet another one leaves me alone here.
But what can I do?
Even an iceberg desperately yearns for warmth,
climbing to the sun, knowing it wi...
Monday 24th April 2023 12:02 pm
Aethereal protégée
Universal consciousness is omnipresent
— living vicariously, we too are one - and the same,
Having the time of our lives
all knowing— enlightened divine sparks
going —Godspeed.
This is a way of life:
Anatomic amino acid building blocks chain letters,
into the complex double helix;
in our initials is a chemical signature—me and my significant other have between us—
this bond, that
she...
Saturday 15th April 2023 3:43 pm
the lens of the universe
science zoom in on a disturbance
science zoom in on a lens of the universe
science disturb the lens of the universe
science create or disturb the lens of the universe
science create or zoom in on the lens of creativity
creativity zoom in on creativity
creativity is a lens of creativity
the universe create the lens of creativity
disturbance zoom in on disturbance
to zoom is to zoom in on...
Thursday 6th April 2023 7:36 pm
Waiting For My Nobody
Tired souls sigh together,
lovers have given up on getting better,
but I will continue to stay with the withered tree until the end of times.
We have exchanged the word 'forever'
and thus I will patiently wait untill we are back together.
I will wait for you, my Nobody,
until my body cannot anymore.
Until my body decays
and my bones slip into Mother's embrace.
Even then...
Monday 27th March 2023 6:38 am
The Big Spot
I’ve got a big spot on the top of my head
It came from nowhere and just grew and grew
I’m not happy about it
But I might as well admit
I’ve got a big spot on the top of my head.
The next day that big spot was still there
I gave it a squeeze and some gunk came out
I slapped on some cream then I slapped on some more
I’ve still got a big spot on my head
But now it’s qu...
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 6:58 pm
Mercy
People often say that God is merciful.
Then why is it that every night, every day, every waking hour of mine,
I keep reciting the same prayer?
‘Have mercy, my Lord, and put this subject of yours out of their misery’.
If God is so merciful, then why is it that I still find myself breathing?
Exhaling every breath, hoping this one will be my last.
Why is it that I find myself all t...
Tuesday 21st March 2023 10:10 am
I Love Myself (Unfortunately)
I love myself.
Not in the way one would think.
I truly am in love with myself.
For there is no one in this whole wide world
That could understand me,
See me,
Hear me,
Apart from me.
Therefore it is only myself that I can love
And it is only myself that can love I,
Whose song differs from the other whales.
I love myself.
Not out of free will,
But out of...
Sunday 5th March 2023 10:31 am
Deadly Devotion
There is no such thing as a river wide enough
to keep me from reaching you.
If there is no boat available,
I'll simply swim the whole distance for you.
Even if I get swept away by the current,
I will make sure my body reaches you at least.
Saturday 25th February 2023 8:31 pm
america is a beautiful speech
speech of a term is speech of a speech
speech is speech of a speech
speech is speech of america
america is a figure of speech
speech is a term of speech
speech is a term of america
america is a term of america
america is a beauty of a beautiful speech
beauty is beauty of a magnificent speech
beauty is beauty of a magnificent term of speech
a beautiful america is the beauty of america
...
Monday 20th February 2023 7:35 pm
Spirit Of Freedom
I see the flag
Bright colors
Swaying tall and proud and
Remember that it is smeared
With the blood
Of the hundreds of thousands
Who bought the Freedom
At a heavy cost
Their selfless sacrifice
To make India a sovereign
Is this all what Freedom is about?
Isn't Freedom Subjective
And a lot more than
Stop bowing to a foreign rule?
Freedom to come out
Of the shackles of Bondage
Of P...
Tuesday 14th February 2023 5:02 am
Books>>
They judge me
All of them
Constant daggers of pity
Shooting from their eyes
For choosing the company of books
Over company of people
Loud music and
noisy dinner parties
Casual hangouts
where people
Talk and talk but
never seem to listen
You are missing out on life
They'd say
As they breeze out
for their quota of fulfillment
of this life
How would they ever understan...
Tuesday 14th February 2023 4:59 am
Poetry prequels pain
Poetry comes to me
In bits
and pieces
I write it
On a paper
All those
random lines
Which look like
Prequel plots
of
A hurt
not yet felt
I keep losing
this paper
Just like how I
Keep losing the
Thoughts of you
And of
you and me
Confusing
my heart
So I get to
postpone
the hurt--
Tuesday 14th February 2023 4:40 am
May 17, 2019; 11:21pm
I find myself wanting to call you
A lot more often than I should
Considering the fact that I ended it
I miss you dearly
Sunday 12th February 2023 8:12 pm
Home Interior
‘’See you tomorrow’’,
that was what you said.
Back then, I could not identify it as a lie.
I only realized when I got to your house the next day,
your hanging frame decorating the place.
Thursday 9th February 2023 2:51 pm
TIRED
Tired of being here
Stuck in a frozen
Time.
Tired of waiting
For a voice
That is impossible
To hear.
Time
Is like a curse
It is an ice
On my left shoulder
It is a melting alibi
Makes me say good-bye
To the little hope
Beating in my chest
Tired of asking
The questions
With no responses
Tired of seeking
The light.
Time
Turns every corner
...Sunday 5th February 2023 4:11 pm
minus the soul,plus the body
my way or the highway
my way or the heartache
my way or minus the highway
my way or minus the heartache
minus the heartache,minus the highway
minus the soul,minus the heartache
minus the soul,plus the soul
minus the soul,plus the heartache
the mind,body is a plus of the soul
minus the soul,minus the body,plus the mind
plus the mind,plus the body,minus the soul
minus the soul is plus t...
Saturday 4th February 2023 6:16 pm
Short Circuit
I thought you were my diode
and that you only conducted towards me,
but you started flowing the other way
forgetting all about me.
So here I am now,
waiting until this short circuit will be over.
Will it ever be over?
Friday 3rd February 2023 11:47 pm
Surrounded
I am surrounded with the ghosts
Each and every day I blame
The heartless bodies on my toes
I am surrounded by some dust
That has always been in their eyes
They look but just cannot see
That their life is full of lies
Do you ever wanna be surrounded by the mud
Wherein their souls are stuck
Shall we draw this sharp line once again
Between our minds that have already g...
Thursday 2nd February 2023 5:16 pm
MULES
Mules
Shoulders sore, propped up over an internally burning stomach
Raw eyes anchored to keys,
Each digital page was a blanketed field surrounded by summits.
It’s no crowned jewel, although sometimes peppered by obsidian flakes,
Numbers indicating trailheads with the promise of mountains and lakes.
Following the spine upwards, eyeing the words down
Pages were the ...
Monday 30th January 2023 2:11 am
Down Memory Lane
within the range of your eyes
with the residue of love
like the mist descending
in your heart:
-is my walk!
and still I’m walking
with the lonely steps
of every single person on earth.
-from down memory lane......
is love haunted always by betrayal?
like dusk masking the sky?
or we make the error to fathom
each other's terror?
decide to cover up the past
...Sunday 29th January 2023 5:13 pm
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