poetry

  • Unbound

    Unbound

    Two queens majestic and powerfulBound by fate divineThough they had never metAnd would never meet in this corporeal realmTheir journeys intertwinedWith the destinies of their kingdomWhere one would unbind her hair in victory and freedomAnd the other in grief and lamentation As one’s husband cut down the other’s,Slaves as they were to their own purpose.

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  • The last lament

    The last lament

    With bells on her feet, hair soft like summer rain, the Goddess of Sea was not a goddess today but a mother as she prepared a feast for her son, one last time. From the shores he came, carrying with him a most gorgeous necklace of moonbeams and dew drops from the land he called

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  • Jadugar ka pitara

    Jadugar ka pitara

    Jadugar, jadugar kya hai aapke pitare mein?Bhandar hai chamatkaro ka, ao dikhata hoon.Ek ungli, do ungli, teen ungli,Dekhte raho ungliyo koKahin gayab na ho jayeArey dekho ek gayi jeb meinDoosri kha gaya sherTeesri maang li bache ne pakadne koDekha nahin ungliyo ko theek se aapneLo saari gayab ho gayi.

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  • The cat and the fool

    The cat and the fool

    There lived a cat called CuriousWho loved to be patted, scratched and rubbedBut she found she couldn’t quite get it rightSo decided to hire a clown.The first looked sad, the second too colourfulThe third laughed too loud……let’s not talk about the fourth!

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  • Colours of the rainbow

    Colours of the rainbow

    I still remember How happy we were Dancing and singing As we painted the blue sky. I still remember How quickly time flew When I was in your arms As we painted the night sky.

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  • Turning whole again

    Turning whole again

    Twilight is nigh And I must go To the place that’s mine So I may be whole. All the parts of me That are scattered hither and thither Must come back again For a summons has come.

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  • Being Free

    Being Free

    She screamed She wept Till her throat was raw and eyes numb But it wasn’t enough. She tried again She cried again To find a way to express The anguish and rage.

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