This is where I draw the curtains; my show is over This is where I quit my bargain. I’m tired of taking cover My happiness now does not depend on being in a rover Or the beauty of a lover It’s overwhelming this illness It has brought with it tones of loneliness Messed up … Read more
Hurt he felt, Love he felt more, a very thin line he had as the difference between the two feelings, The irony was just overwhelming writing became his way of expression with words as the heartbeat that fuelled his blood his blue blood, ink. He grew less verbal and more writal’ This words healed wounds … Read more
It sways and swervesManouvers the potholed dusty roadLike a speed car on its favorite race roadA bounce and a slight haltA long press onto the honkTo announce its arrival Touts cling on it from every sideWith a grip as firm as the claws of a feasting tickFlexing around like the inflatable ghosts of HalloweenOr inflatable … Read more
Head shake. Another head shake. Yet another head shake, and still a lot more heads on the queue waiting to shake in defiance to the destitute face of the street pauper. Stiff heads won’t tweak a tad. Even their eyes lie frozen; the occasional blink ruled out for a moment. They seem lifeless and unresponsive. … Read more
It starts with rumbles and growls, the kind known as borborygmi in medic jargon. These are the sounding calls of a hungry belly, just about the nicest it gets when time is due for a meal. When the belly is done pleading, things might get a little ‘hangry’. Hunger pangs begin to bite. The belly … Read more
Life on this tiny blue dot of a planet unfolds in successive phases. We all start out the same; as infants, helplessly wiggling limbs around, perhaps to swing our brand new muscles into action. You’d be surprised at how potent a mere swerve of a babe’s fist could be, or how firm its fingers clinch. … Read more
Getting stuck irks, real hard. Sometimes you just look at the screen and feel every cell of your brain starting to shut down. You take breaks thinking you’ll come back refreshed, with a couple hundreds of words to add. Lakini wapi! (To no avail!) Other times you sit for hours typing, but end up with … Read more
Hey, shhh… Shush. Let calm reign. Stick a megaphone into the stillest of sounds. Let them whisper, a little louder. Let the tranquil ambience set in, and soak in it. Therein; peace, safety and wellbeing come rushing to embrace. It’s the healing effect; a sorta afterglow of nature’s magnificent soundscapes. Oftentimes, an obliterating shadow is … Read more
It’s been two years down the line; battling a pandemic so vile it upset the entire human race, and forced its strange way of life onto us. On the first year (2020), we held on to a little hope in the midst of rampage. Some made gains. On the second year (2021), hope grew stronger. … Read more
Bitter, sour and insufferable lemons turned into a favorable cocktail of lemonade. No catchphrase on Earth best captures the notion of turning life’s burdens, pains, frustrations and stresses – call them unpleasantries, into something bearing some ‘positive energy,’ than this: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” If only lemonade grew on trees in the … Read more