Totaled

his long fingers stretched across my fingers curled around the sword handle like cracks in a car windshield.  the slow motion sets in.  I look up at him, the tiny crescent moon on his chin, an old scar that grew with him.  he peers down…

A Grain Of Rice

A Grain of Rice Outside, the sun displayed its prowess Over the petty organisms called life As if to burn the coolest of minds; And Draupadi was burning too With frustration, with anguish: No food for the holy guests For Rishi Agastya was no ordinary…

Lawgiver (poem 15)

An ancient king Once ruled O’re men Not with sword but pen His laws were iron No man immune From its wisdom or its doom His eyes are sealed With golden coins His selfsame image sealed This king who once Had dared decree That death…

Superwoman

Yes, i a  Superwoman, married with children. i always wear a smile on my face to greet my day and you never hear me complaining. My bosom are big and so comfy to lean on. The softness can absorb all the emotional pain my family shared….

Hour 10

I want to write, hi Could you stay a little while We’re the word belong

Slave Superstitions

Jump rope twirling Ponytails whirling Jumping singing Voices ringing Step on a crack, break your mother’s back   Black as taboo Down in the bayou Worse than voodoo Hear when they say to you Step on a crack, break your mother’s back   Teardrops no…

Sacrificial Cakes (14)

It is what it is, will not explain what once was. This story of resourcefulness may cause you to pause.   Parvati did not cheat and plan to hurt, she molded her son from earth and from dirt. The son who questioned his sire and…

14 A VERSER, A POETESS?

I am a verser, a rhymer I believed I am I considered myself one heck of a verser But to be one You have to be a word-miller At any given instance, situation. I am not that, I mean, dictionary-wizard, apparently I could create several…

Hour 9

Hyperventilating. A flash of memory distilled to a thought- A lie, recognized And needed to be relived So it could be replaced With truth I hate this. Hyperventilating and deep breathing They are extremes Of desperately trying to find homeostasis One just feels better and…