DEEP BRILLIANT RED Hatred is spilled out in screaming brutal red Guns are wielded meaninglessly, terror is spread Even mind-numbing violence fails to make some realise That satisfaction never lies in the bodies of the dead. The empire called the world isn’t ruled by a few and others have the…
Loading Likes...Looks like you forgot to recognise me today, your eyes are probably covered with the communalist cancer; I lay birth to the fire of the world, the leaders of today, your corporate giants, mesmerising musicians and the cream of dancers. I stand here in front of you today, with this…
Loading Likes...The ghosts of old memories revisit Breaking weakened barriers Their cries echo against the walls of my own mind, Their words, beautiful words, Twist themselves cruelly within, Haunting, taunting in soft whispers, Their white fingers caressing the brain, Each touch inducing pain. Resurrecting old buried fears. Afraid, alone, my mind…
Loading Likes...We’ve grown up reading fairy tales Where the coveted heroes were the males But let me show you what they really entailed! What you were told isn’t how the story progressed It was the stereotypes that demanded that they this way be expressed, It was the men that failed to…
Loading Likes...Soul’s Voyage You’re on a voyage to my soul You’ve travelled my whole body, You’ve been to each and every place, You know all the whereabouts, It’s as if you aren’t even a traveller anymore, You have resided here, And claimed that this body of mine Belongs to you, You…
Loading Likes...When I look back It’s me running in a sack Oh! How I remember those carefree days When I had no bills to pay Waking up at 12pm feeling great Now its 8am but oh no I am late Oh!How I miss those days When everything was so happy and…
Loading Likes...She floats down a strip of gray Unaware of it all Her dance as light as a fairy’s wingbeat Her music, like a thorn; A piercing din A deafening silence A life of misery & pain. “It’s simple”, they say, “She forgot her place, Her punishment will be a constant…
Loading Likes...They go through a lot, no matter what Their life is a beautiful blessing But why call them delicate? When stronger than a barricade, Capabilities we keep guessing If not nice, be fair with them, Cut the lust, fall in love with them, They’re powerful women, not afraid of…
Loading Likes...From dawn to dusk, she works here and there, Is she fine, does anyone even care? The whole responsibility of the house is on her shoulders But people just stare past her like big black boulders. She is the one without whom life is incomplete Then why does she work…
Loading Likes...The sun rose, And so did she. She stretched on her tippy- toes, Her face lit up with glee. She adored the morning skies, Outside her window she gazed dreamily. But she reminded herself, the sun always lies, Soon she returned to her bed sleepily. She kissed her mother night,…
Loading Likes...I open it, And the bookish smell fills the air. I’d rather be here Than anywhere. For here I have a world Of my own Which I control, But I also don’t. Sometimes they’re hardcovers, Sometimes they’re paperbacks And on each word my imagination hovers And after, I always end…
Loading Likes...A photo says a thousand words But how do you describe something that cannot be photographed For what I have seen today cannot be captured through a camera lens. I’ll paint you a picture with as many words I know To give you a glimpse of Bio Bay Puerto Rico…
Loading Likes...I met a traveller Long ago Seeds of curiosity They sow She told me the sunshine Never mentioned the rain She told me paths divine Never mentioned the pain She told me about the beauty Of this mystical terrain She told of the mighty But never the vain And while…
Loading Likes...Wandering the unrevealed pathway is all I want to live again one day… All the magnificent mountains that passed by that serene change in the colour of sky from relishing the scenery of a baby sparrow learning to fly to cherishing those memories once lived by the little eyes. That tranquillity…
Loading Likes...Fate gave up on me many moons ago I’m stuck in the quagmire of dust Trapped in the scorching blaze of my love With drops of sin raining down on mefrom the heavens above. Give to me the heart I’ll always desire Give to me the heart that I’ll always…
Loading Likes...Feared by most, Loved by a few. Many view it as a ghost, And the others view it as the morning dew. Never has it paused to catch its breath, Never has it held back for a friend. Never has it stood by to pay its condolences on someone’s death,…
Loading Likes...Stage 1: Your breakfast seems to remain untouched every morning You probably eat on the way to work I wait for a kiss now and then that I somehow am not able to feel You somehow seem to leave before I wake up and come back only after I sleep?…
Loading Likes...Did it ever start? When will it stop? Nobody knows Once it passes through, where does all that is past goes It’s the biggest wonder of all, yet it’s the thing that keeps us running ahead But it’s a question whether we overtook it, going fast as it’s said Or…
Loading Likes...Inhale the music. Breathe it in and drown yourself in it. Let its bittersweet melody invade your mind. Feel yourself let loose as each of its syllables conquers your body, leads you to your safe haven and helps you forget every emotion that has been haunting you. Let music be…
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