you realize that loving
will never be as easy as they say
but you got to choose to love
a little more everyday and
it must begin with you
and not anyone else
for no matter what
you've been told
or what they say
a little self love
won't hurt
anyway
-
if i've ever seen magic
i've seen it in your eyes
when you look at me
from across the table
under the candle light-
Whenever I try to draw
on tabletop, laptop
or TV screens
she comes running
out of nowhere
I swear she screams
She then shakes
her head from side to side
wags her finger too,
makes a face like
that of a cow
and goes moo moo moo
She takes the chalk
away from my hand,
throws it in the air,
says "the crow took it away"
oh, mommy! that's not fair
So I do what I do the best
I cry, cry, and cry
the crow returns the chalk it took
with the blink of an eye
Together we scribble an 'A'
and give us a loud cheer
we do this every day
one day it'd come out clear.-
and she goes chuckle- chuckle, giggle- giggle
from one room to another, holding my finger
she looks at me and i smile, " i'm aboard".
-
"the air is warmer than before",
said amma as she pulled aside
the curtains and inhaled the
warm december air
"the air is warmer than before",
said mummy over the phone
sitting across from a room
heater i gifted her a year ago
seasons blend in my families
differently and i enjoy them both
be it amma's piping hot rasam
or mummy's homemade ice-cream cones
december being my favourite
keeps me warm at heart always
sometimes as a season
sometimes as remembrance.-
only in sacred places
god resides
so don't you say that
god is everywhere
in people, plants and animals
in rocks, air and water
because I know that
killing animals
hurting people
buring forests
things we do for survival:
we won't do
if we believed that
the lord watches over us.
(now read it backwards)-