Category: Life
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Beauty & The Beast
The dark soil I am buried inIs watered by the tears ofMy ancestors & old gods.I lie here listless & desolate For all glitters of this worldHold no shine anymore.I feel my heart scream Silently & my soul darkenYet my choice is this dungeon.This deep clod of earth Which holds me like a wormIs my…
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Way To Hell’s Paradise
The search for heaven Could lead us on a pathThat goes straight to hell.So should I stop my search..For this paradise hiddenAnd live in fear of hell?But I wasn’t born to liveWith fear, in fear, of fearCowering my life away.I must at-least try this thingGive this journey a shotFor having been born!For what is life…
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In Omnia Paratus
Dropped from pods of divineBorn through womb of our mothersWe grow on the backs of our fathersLearn to walk with our legsAnd words come to us from allMoulded by our teachersSeeking love, gaining scars, Pain & suffering chisel usLife happens to us for a whileUntil we gain eyes to seeAnd ears to listen to theVast…
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House On The Hill
No. It’s enough. All this noise that comes in. From the world. From the people. From the places. From the point of views. No is what I say to it. Not no to listening. Not no to holding peace. Or to giveit a thought. But NO to let it change the very core of what…
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My Fascination With Fairytales
I love stories with pictures. I think that’s how I got hooked to books. N then movies. Everything I read and watched had stories. Mum says from the age of 2 I would watch wide eyed at the pictures in the news paper. Later my grammy told me stories from mythology and took me to…
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A Nomad’s Tale
In 2019, on this day I had landed in Oslo, Norway to meet my best friend for the third leg of my 8 country impromptu marathon travel. By this time I had left India, been in Dubai a day, 3 days in Copenhagen, flew to Iceland, just finished my road trip around the Iceland with…
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The Gift
The soft stories ofGentle connections Is a mystery to meHow they are soCalm even in anger Or composed inSadness is quantumPhysics to me.I know broken vasesCracks in the wallDeafening silenceAnxious fear & scarringScreaming. All contactsAre warfare where youFight to be safe n waitFor the storm when itHas gotten quietSoft laughter & lovingConversations at dinnerGentle tucking…
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Sign Posts
No matter what direction I take in my life I always come to this center. This anchor. This cornerstone. Over the years no matter how far I feel I have wandered from my core I am reminded that, though it may not seem like it, but I am on the path I am supposed to…
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The Great Plan
I wanted to make a planA perfect one so that itAll goes right & I don’tFall or fail or flail inMy attempt at this greatThing I have been dreaming.Little did I know I hadHeld the map upside down& going about it all wrong.All the dream needed wasSmall acts of dedication.. Like waking up early to…
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A Perfect Life Is Possible!
Life is lived one day at a time, with faith, hope & belief that all that is happening and will happen has its own logic. We may not understand it in the moment but when we look back at our life lived it will all make PERFECT sense 🙂My life I tell my friends is…
Sowmya Hiremat 