On the road we traveled, I found our paths diverging Instead of one mind, dual thinking was emerging. At a loss for reason, I looked about askance. I thought I spied matrimony do a vanishing dance. I looked at you then, my brimming eyes pleaded. But, I saw no concern, …

In the circus of my life; I wonder, who plays the clown? Who is it that helps me laugh and who makes me frown? Who are the performers? Who is the audience? Who is it that aids me, out of chaos, to make sense? Yes! The circus of my life …

It was a balmy August evening. 12 year old Meera looked at the sky. God was playing hide and seek with the rain. You could literally smell the rain on the humid breeze. It tantalized you like a wily mistress but just when you expected it to fall; God whisked …

7 year old Sammy runs towards the main door, as fast as his puny legs will allow. Yes, he is short for his age. His friends at the park are always poking fun at his stature. In a flurry of motion, he reaches the door. He jumps up to try …

Wisdom says – That what doesn’t break you will make you! It’s just that you may have to literally walk Through fire to understand what Breaking & making mean. That what doesn’t come easy will shake you! It’s just that you may have to toil hard In your life to …

My reflections in the pool of life beckoned to me today. They implored me to come sit, cajoled & coaxed me to stay. Happily I perched on a boulder that I spied ashore. I knew this awakening, my tired soul wanted for sure.   I sat there in calm surrender, …

Gone is the time when people had the time To stop and pause, indulge in idle banter. Now the time is such that If you bump into Someone, before long they scatter ruing, Citing – Oh Lord, time got away from me! And then madly they scramble.   People scuttle …

From the mangled remains of the wreck They extract her broken self. There is a body left, oh for sure! But of features, it is bereft.   A precious life is lost To another’s drunken pleasure, Whilst he escapes Scot-free; She suffered beyond measure.   No apology given, no rue …

My awed senses cannot do justice to how magnificent it all looked. Speechless with excitement, I was finally sitting at the seat booked. Oh! I had yearned & hankered to go, to sit beneath the mammoth tent. Finally, the night had arrived. Oh! I tell you, it all looked resplendent. …

  Stupefied I stood; I waited frozen, in vain. All I could feel was a deep & numbing pain. Yes! I wanted desperately for it to begin again.   I looked to the heavens, I prayed & I pled; Before I gave in & even hope fled. I tried to …