Month: April 2011

Solitary, she sat on her chair by the fireplace Disheartened, dismayed, discouraged.The candles burned out, darkness befellOutside, tenacious thunder raged. Her world was this, this one tiny room,Her entire life a cruel farce,Her belief in love twisted until broken,Reasons for living her cursed life sparse. By the tattered desk she sat and staredInto oblivion, cold… Continue reading Of Love. And Love Lost – Kanika Mishra

How I wished it was yesterday againThough I know useless are my thoughts and all in vainI would still love to hold your hand, While walking on soft sandAnd feeling the tickling of the sea,When it comes up to my knee. How I wished it was yesterday again,When I wouldn’t use much of my brain.On… Continue reading To All Parents – David Furtado

Dust:-shading skies, devouring breeze, engulfing breathFire:-swarming streams, gutting oceans, charring bloodSnow:-sheltering houses, freezing life, awning loveWeeping woods, drooping mountains, deserts in flood. Barren, the land leaks.Tears inhabit the abyssWhere roots of life once proliferated.Souls, hunched together, peep through the imperfectionsBleeding, fading, shriveling, coldAt the shallow armors that once were home.Living but not alive,Seeing though unawareListening… Continue reading Obscure Vitality -3. Vital Obscurity – Kanika Mishra

This is a long story, that I will tell you slowly,There was a narrow lane, that everyone found vain,But one day some children came, and started playing a cricket game,They enjoyed the silence there, the place was no more in despair,Day by day the crowd grew, more and more children flew,They got a wide space… Continue reading Changes – Ojaswini Srivastava

It is cool,It is calm, It makes you cool,It makes you warm,Deep in heart it is present,Somewhere outside it is latent,It is hard to achieve,It is easy to perceive,Peace is the way to wisdom,In nature it is solemn,It is firm, it is dense,It is powerful, it is selfless,Peace in dark is light,Peace in dawn is… Continue reading Peace of Mind – Ojaswini Srivastava