The Tree

The roots, strong and grounded

The branches, spreads a warm welcome

The million leaves, green and brittle

The trunk,mighty in the face of storm

The twigs,but bow humbly to the breeze

The huge home, to a few hundreds

Forcing but none to stay

Takes the trash and gives us life

Harming none on the on the way

And yet we, the "humans" destroy

"The Tree"

 

In response with the Daily Prompt : "Tree"

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Note : Edited :)

 

 

 

 

Silence

"Even the loud waves crashing on the shore could not yet beat the deafening silence she left behind."

Note: Somehow for me, the above sentence feels complete!

 

In response to the Daily Prompts : Silence

Night

My mum left for her night shift,though I really begged her not to go.
It's the third night in a row.

I shivered at the thought of spending it with my dad, alone...
In response to the Daily Prompt "Shiver"

Note:Inspired by an answer in Quora

Burn

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That piece of desire,
Deep in my soul

Just needs a fire
To turn into gold

I,thus tell myself
Burn, Burn, and Burn!!

 

 

 

 

 

In response to Daily Prompts : Burn

Underrated Pleasures :)

That catch of blood sucking mosquito

That timely hold of a falling cup

That final full stop at the end of a long thesis

That sweaty finish to daily workout

That compiling of the age old program

That first scoop of vanilla ice cream

That fragrance of the new book

That quick awareness of having longer hours to alarm

That moment when my baby sleeps :)

That window seat in a long journey

That bursting of bubbles in the wrapper

That small gap of time to relive your itchiness

That realization of a long weekend :)

That this list is never going to end

 

In response to the Daily Prompt "Pleasure"

Cloud Art

I always had this thought,

" Clouds must be a very vast canvas of that strange artist who has got such talent to simply mould them into spectacular pieces of art.When the colours, hues from sunlight,water drops,ions in the sky are incorporated into them,Master pieces are born!!

And we are simply bound to be spell bounded by thou art! "

In response to Daily Prompt "Clouds"

Connected

It was my stupidity to suck in that gush of filthy air into my lungs.It made me very sick.I have been now warned never to disconnect from my air filter device, if I needed to breathe ever again !!

Note : A  reality(?) in many years to come ! :|

In response to the Daily Prompt : Connected

A Bird, a Plane, You!

I have always wanted to travel and I am more than happy if I can travel through time.Well,I don’t want to alter the past or the future.

Let the things,the places,the events,the people be just the same.All I want is to witness some of the most important things of history happening right in front of me.Just like rewinding and watching a videotape,I would love to watch all the events happened in this world,of course with me in it :).Events that capture my curiosity would be,

• The Indus Valley civilisation,how they developed their script,what happened to them ?Were they attacked and wiped out ? Or did they manage to migrate else where ?

• Or may be if the great war -Mahabharatha really happen ? Can I get a seat at the arena to hear Lord Krishna delivering Bhagavad Gita ?


• How did they built the Great wall of China or the Great Pyramid built ? 

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• If only,I could,I would love to watch Susruta,conducting precise medical surgeries  ?
  
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• How blood-ish was the French revolution ? How agitated were the people ?How did people take the world by storm ?

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• I am getting all goosebumps while thinking about the one chance to listen to the revolutionising speeches of Gandhi or Hitler or Lenin or Churchill ?

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• May be walk along side Gandhi on Dhandi March ! And be a part of our freedom struggle.

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• What about a time travel to the atrocities committed by Nazis ? Inspired by E.M Night 


• Well,how about travelling to the time when Charles Darwin who wrote the Origin of Species and researched about evolution? Or even Copernicus proclaiming that "Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe"

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• I want to know all about the landing on moon by Neil Armstrong."That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

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Ha..there are so many !! :)

Closer home,I would love to go back to the time when my brother was born…I still love his pink feet :D and if I could re-live all the fun and innocence of my carefree childhood  days!

I would absolutely be on cloud nine,if I could only go on for a time travel on to the exact day my girl 'N' was born :).

Being a part of something historical,something mysterious,something important and finding out how it might have happened,I believe that is an experience in itself for a life time.!

In response to the Daily Post : A Bird, a Plane, You!

Sorry,I'm busy

In busy traffic junctions of Indian roads,right when the signal turns red,we can always find a group of people comprising of children,girls,boys,even older folks covering you from all your sides.They all are trying to sell small but cute things or sun shields etc to the people who are stuck in the signal.Occasionally,I do buy something or the other especially if there kids.[Thats why they employ kids!!!]

It was one such day when we were stuck in traffic,the only difference being that I was with my team on my way to a team outing.But that day,it was a very old man who came to us,started tapping on the car window with his bony hand.He was trying to sell a packet of ear buds.He was crying and asking us to buy at least a packet of those ear buds.He really was in hunger,pain and shame :(

But I chose to ignore him.I chose not to look at him[yes,I am a rude-jerk].I am not sure why I did that.I am ashamed of myself,I still am and will always be!! :(

That pathetic look of the old man,is still giving me heart aches even after a year of this incident.After a few days,I went looking for him but could not find him.It still haunts me that when I could have made a difference by buying that kit or even giving him some money or at least even buying him a meal,I chose not to do it.

Its such a relief on being able to tell this out loud,now.

In response to the daily post Sorry, I’m Busy

The guilt that haunts me...

Every single day,my heart is filled with the very deep guilt of leaving my lil one with my mom so that I can go work for securing her a (b)right future(?).The irony of it!!

I have been working since she was 4 months old(yes,I know, its hard) and now that she is close to 2 years,she does know that precise moment I put on helmet and start my scooter.She sinks into herself and says without any joy "mama, tata bybye".That melts my heart away!! I believe she is used to our routine and may not make a fuss whence grows up.(fingers crossed).

I am scared to even think about that day when I would want her to stay back with me,just share something...anything as I am sure that she would ask me "Mommy,where were you when I needed you the most ?".I hope she forgets all of these days :D.Many days I wake from terrible dreams seeing my girl, saying I hate you mom for not being there for me,not playing with me or not seeing what I have drawn for you...

I realize this is what every working_new_mother goes through and we don't have a choice.I used to boast about taking a break of 5 years to enjoy my girls childhood and decide things for her.But my pay check helps everyone in the longer run of the month.And thus,its my mom who enjoys my little ones precious childhood.

Every single day,I go through this torment and every single day I end up praying all I would want is to just hug my girl and see her dance and sing,see her grow up before she is too "Grown up"

In response to daily post The Guilt that Haunts Me 

The Great Pretender

We all pretend. Everyday.

Well,we need to pretend,right ?

An Odd Trio

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "An Odd Trio."

It was a new fabric shop and had all sort of quirky items.

"The kind of my shopping paradise",I chuckled and pet my Cat, while browsing their aisle.

There it was the "A beach towel,printed with a cat beaming into a soup bowl"

Need to say,I bought it right away!! :D

Our House

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Our House."

    My first home as I remember was a white terrace home,which was the first house in a huge compound consisting of three other houses.There was a pathway leading to the home from the gate,alternatively a cement road was also present.It had shrubs which can be called as small trees,and they had lot of nests in them.

The first thing I remember about the home is its colour.It was a bluish white washed home in the late 80s.And it had a pattern grill on the verandah.And it showed beautiful patterns in the late afternoon,when the sun sets!

There was a small room as soon as you enter the home,which I believed was my room.We had a hall cum dining and adjacent to it was the only bedroom.The kitchen ? I don't rememeber :D,but I know there was one :D.

There was a huge open tank just outside our home,on to which I fell and drowned once.Though I don't rememeber,that happening.I was saved coz my mamma was determined enuf not to let me die!! Its a tale to be heard from my mom.

Ah..this was the home from where I disappeared briefly panicking my parents,while I fell asleep under the cot.

This home is where I had my first_friend_sleep_over :D

We welcomed my little brother in this home.I used to sing lullabies to him all the time.I also remember,stealing and hiding his toys and chocolates,and I myself forgetting where I kept it hidden!

...The memories,the closeness,the happiness..childhood..its magical! :)

Inside the Bubble

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Inside the Bubble."

A month for me,just by me and only with me :)

Lets see,I would definitely pack a book or two.Not more.The ones which I always wanted to read,but never had that urge to read ;)!

I would also pack a few of art /craft works that I would love to complete

Ahh..then there is my ultra secret dream project which is in my head and a month of clutter free time would help me to finally piece my ideas together.

How can I forget Sleep ? I would sleep like a log if I get such a golden chance.Thanks to my lil 'N' :D

Now if I get to cook,I would definitely have a different menu for dinner everyday!

Well,it would great if I had access only to a basic phone to call me dear ones and if there is a view to wake upto :)

Bliss!

Decisions,Decisions

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Decisions, Decisions."

This prompt made me think real hard on how I make decisions...

Err..not just "life changing ones" but also the small ones like waking up at certain hour..or whether to eat or not to eat that yummy snack right in front of me...or may be what I want to wear to office.

Uff,I think...making and keeping decisions is unknowingly taking up a huge chunk of my time!!

I believe most of my decisions are not throughly thought through or can it be that I am just unable to keep up with them ??

Many of the times when I take a decision I think through it both pros and cons.Then make a very very detailed plan which does take up a huge amount of time but only to abandon the decision and its consequences all together in just few days / hours / minutes.This is happening even if i start obtaining the results I want.Sigh!! The vicious cycle follows!

At other times I just choose randomly..like a thoughtless process..No..no,it does not involve any gut feelings :P

And almost every other time,I simply follow the instructions given by dear ones.I just ask my mom,what should I wear to office,she suggests something which I simply do it without bothering.Then sometimes I ask my dad if I should actualy eat that yummy snack..he says "Why not ?" There I go!!

Hmmm,may be this is what making me lazy and unproductive in decision making?

Ouch,this hurts!!!

Nothin’ But A Good Time.

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Nothin’ But A Good Time."

Sigh!! The prompt is exactly what I wanted right now in my life.Totally a day for myself!!With a toddler...who effectively handles me all the day and night,along with a very tiring job...add to it woes of moving to a new place.Sigh!,the most ideal idea that is running in my head is "A Good Sleep like Log phase"..phew.

"Yawn"!!

Keeping "sleep" aside..The things I would love to do on a day which I have entirely for myself...hmm..brace for a long list :)

"Helpless."

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Helpless."

“Mama, how does Red sound ? “

Nevin says, "Apple is Red".I know apple,it's that thing we eat,but what is Red ? How does it sound like ?

When she asked me how Red hear like..I was totally helpless to make my blind daughters understand what “red” means..!

Writing Room

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Writing Room."

This prompt reminded me of the ideal place I had in my head for so many years.In all these years,I have added and deleted things making this my ideal room.

I always wanted to have a small room but with a wall size window overlooking may be a big green oak tree or lush green meadows or a deep dark pond full of life.Add to it a cozy window bed with a small writing table,just enuf to hold a book or a laptop!!The space painted in white sparkling color will contain ordered shelves filled with stacks of my books :).I have always felt that this room would be in the first floor of my home....

I can always imagine myself reading a book while sipping a hot cuppa of Tea and slowly falling into my dreams,all the while its raining outside ;)

Bliss!!