When the heart is broken
What are you left with?
A cauldron of emotions
Memories that ever so softly
Keep touching you
You wish to break away from the past
And start afresh, anew
but that is the hardest part
Memories of tender moments
keep brushing by you
leaving you aching with longing.
Emotions torment you
You are unable to find a respite
Mind roars with thoughts
They keep lashing against each other
like waves crashing against the wall
to make borders and control the turbulent ocean
Your whole body seems to have become turbulence itself
Mind, heart, body everything rings with raging emotions
You look for escape
Peace from this smoldering volcano
But alas! there is no peace to be had
I think only time will tell
Whether you can move on or
Remain rooted to a spot
Time is the best healer
Only time will tell
Ezine
Friday, August 30, 2019
Thursday, August 29, 2019
A typical day
Another day has gone by,
Am I satisfied with the outcome of the day?
Was it a typical day?
Filled with laughter and good cheer
Toil and wearing activities
Reaching out to souls far and wide
What is the outcome?
A weary brow!
A warm glow of self-satisfaction
A brow furrowed with wavering thoughts
When I look back on the day that has just gone by
I try to look for similarities with other such days
Are all days alike?
Do I look for too much?
After all, each day cannot stand out
Sometimes I wonder at the thoughts flying past the mind
Do they make sense?
Does each day make sense, in the whirl of life
Should we make each day memorable as life is but days
And days are but moments?
Life, day, moments!
Meaning, emotions, love!
I think life is a resplendent day
Filled with meaning, emotions, love
And each day in the path of life adds to the rich experience that is life.
Am I satisfied with the outcome of the day?
Was it a typical day?
Filled with laughter and good cheer
Toil and wearing activities
Reaching out to souls far and wide
What is the outcome?
A weary brow!
A warm glow of self-satisfaction
A brow furrowed with wavering thoughts
When I look back on the day that has just gone by
I try to look for similarities with other such days
Are all days alike?
Do I look for too much?
After all, each day cannot stand out
Sometimes I wonder at the thoughts flying past the mind
Do they make sense?
Does each day make sense, in the whirl of life
Should we make each day memorable as life is but days
And days are but moments?
Life, day, moments!
Meaning, emotions, love!
I think life is a resplendent day
Filled with meaning, emotions, love
And each day in the path of life adds to the rich experience that is life.
Friday, August 23, 2019
Treading the roads of life
While treading the roads of life,
What is the throwback...
Happy, joyous, enticing experiences
Filled with joie de vivre
Life takes its own course
When I look back on my life
I feel a sense of satisfaction
Of moments lived to fulfilment
Of experiences had in all its ecstasies
Of sad moments, extreme rage, deep passion,
Anger, tears, laughter, mirth, all emotions rolled into one
Birthdays come and go and I look back on the past
Unrequited love, sharp pain, seething rage and calm moments.
Just like the climax of high passion, deep emotion and calmness at the end.
Will life also end like this?
All emotions felt and the high tide of life experienced
With satisfaction and a sense of peace and belonging as the culmination of life
Will my road of life take unforeseen turns?
Or will I tread a well-trodden and predictable path?
My mind is filled with all these emotions as one more year reaches its completion
Still, I wonder, will life hold sudden surprises?
Or have I had my fill?
The mind will not rest as it keeps pondering on what the future holds.
What is the throwback...
Happy, joyous, enticing experiences
Filled with joie de vivre
Life takes its own course
When I look back on my life
I feel a sense of satisfaction
Of moments lived to fulfilment
Of experiences had in all its ecstasies
Of sad moments, extreme rage, deep passion,
Anger, tears, laughter, mirth, all emotions rolled into one
Birthdays come and go and I look back on the past
Unrequited love, sharp pain, seething rage and calm moments.
Just like the climax of high passion, deep emotion and calmness at the end.
Will life also end like this?
All emotions felt and the high tide of life experienced
With satisfaction and a sense of peace and belonging as the culmination of life
Will my road of life take unforeseen turns?
Or will I tread a well-trodden and predictable path?
My mind is filled with all these emotions as one more year reaches its completion
Still, I wonder, will life hold sudden surprises?
Or have I had my fill?
The mind will not rest as it keeps pondering on what the future holds.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Book Reading
Of late I have picked up my old hobby of reading books. I have again become a voracious reader. Reading books of all genres. Recently, I read Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, the Booker prize winner for this year. It is the story of three sisters, their lives, parents, children, husbands and the response of each one to life and its circumstances.
A deep insight into life in Oman in the twentieth and the twenty-first century, the book describes a culture that is far different from my own. Yet, I am able to identify with the characters.
Another interesting book that I read this year was My sister the serial killer. The story of two sisters in modern-day Nigeria, the book describes the story of two sisters who share a relationship with mixed feelings. While they support one another, there is a critical note when the older sister describes her younger sister. The younger sister has a strange streak in her character; she has killed all her ex-boyfriends. The book is definitely worth a read.
I have read thirteen books in all this year till the month of August 2019. They range from YA fiction to classic detective tale to shoot the president of France in the 1960s.
I can safely say that though myriad impressions have fashioned my personality, reading of books has given expression to my thoughts. My ability to vocalize my inner self is an outcome of the books that I have read in my life.
I had taken a challenge on Goodreads to finish twelve books by the end of 2019. I have exceeded my challenge and completed thirteen books already. I am looking forward to reading many more books and hope to finish twenty by the end of this year.
Please suggest any interesting books that you have read that you want me to read. Please leave comments and name your suggestions.
A deep insight into life in Oman in the twentieth and the twenty-first century, the book describes a culture that is far different from my own. Yet, I am able to identify with the characters.
Another interesting book that I read this year was My sister the serial killer. The story of two sisters in modern-day Nigeria, the book describes the story of two sisters who share a relationship with mixed feelings. While they support one another, there is a critical note when the older sister describes her younger sister. The younger sister has a strange streak in her character; she has killed all her ex-boyfriends. The book is definitely worth a read.
I have read thirteen books in all this year till the month of August 2019. They range from YA fiction to classic detective tale to shoot the president of France in the 1960s.
I can safely say that though myriad impressions have fashioned my personality, reading of books has given expression to my thoughts. My ability to vocalize my inner self is an outcome of the books that I have read in my life.
I had taken a challenge on Goodreads to finish twelve books by the end of 2019. I have exceeded my challenge and completed thirteen books already. I am looking forward to reading many more books and hope to finish twenty by the end of this year.
Please suggest any interesting books that you have read that you want me to read. Please leave comments and name your suggestions.
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