The Help- hour 14

Beyond the solidarity of the womb, is a silent necessity to be nurtured- A sapling needs the flare of the sun from a distance, the ritual of watering with precision and the invincible air that is an unrequitted love. The polar bear is left alone…

Honeybees

(for hour 18—from the hour 11 image prompt)   Honeybees   Crafting questions to question my talent (or lack thereof) Vibrant colors could cover inadequacies in technique and mixing of medium   Buzzing bees bring a smile reminding me of dragonflies checking a child’s coloring…

Accompanied loneliness…

I am begging: Let me be lonely but not invisible, For would even stay by your memories but not separable… Would prefer to be your shadow even in the dark, Thou not seen, but shall always be ready to embark… Loneliness to be just as…

Hour 17 Poem 17

This the one, Yes, this is the one, This is the one that’s going to make your eyes get big, Bottom lip dip low, The only reaction, you could have is, Whoa! Read that again, the last line, …Rewind… It wasn’t meant to be that…

Hour 14

Quo vadis?   Will I have children one day? Will they make me proud? Will they be proud of me? Is it worth giving birth in such times?   Sorry my future potential babies, but everything is so insecure and the mental war is so…

21~16

~my skin feels so tingly… (remembering your touch) ~my fingers in your hair… (yours wander everywhere) ~fueling our flame… (when we both still cared)

My Mother

My Mother My mother The one who bore me My mother The one who loved me   My mother When I cried she wiped my tears My mother When I fell ill she was in pain for me   My mother In prayers for me…

Casting

There is no fascination. like that of observing shadows even as a child the idea of light playing with objects and time was more than simple diversion As a kid spending summers at grandparent’s lake home my east-facing room beckoned each morning to make an…

Hour 17 – A Lit Path (image prompt)

Don’t go towards the light It leads off the bridge and into colder seas beneath Instead dance between The glow of each light Along a lit path that gleams While shadow fights shade You’ll make it to the other side Where my arms are waiting…