Limitless, Shail's Sky :)

Shail Mohan's Photograph on her Blog, Shots and Captures. Click on picture to  go to the blog :)

The Sky is an ocean too ...
Dying to be, more ....
Like the seas,
Sometimes blue,
Or is it emrald
A touch of stormy grey?

It has no waves, sadly
And yearns so much ...
And then on wings of wishes
They come;

White, cottony, frothy
Selfsame, those waves...
And lap the edges of that
Nothingness, which remains

Quiescent, waiting.

Gently around the edges
Slowly spreading out...
So that, soon, it shall be
Blue no more ...

26 April, 2013
Online, after yearning, here too :)
And thank you Shail, for the endless prompts you give this writing challenged rambler :) by way of your wonderful photographs!

Aspire

Shail Mohan's Photograph on her blog

My tendrils twirling tenaciously
Time on my side...
Tiny, yet strong
Fresh and Eager.
I aspire.
Don't you want to?

10 April, 2013
Online, Inspired  :)

Note: Inspired entirely by this post from Shail Mohan's entrancing photograph. And titled similarly, in supplication of her awesome captioning skills :)

Shail, this one's for you :)

Second Chances

If you've ever been told
Winning isn't everything,
Winner or not,
You'd have probably scowled :D

So where does winning take you?
To fame? Throw you up to gut screeching joy?
Or gloat and brag and preen?
Perhaps line your purse
Or maybe help you hitch that ride onward?

I know the best thing about it
(Errrm... not winning ie)
Is you get another shot at it.. :)
You're lucky, you know
You get to do it differently.
You get to say things you never would have.
You get to find yourself.

Yes, winning is good.
But if you don't, maybe
You'll get that other chance.
And boy! Second Chances matter.

Go on, and take that chance.
Believe. It's a miracle waiting to happen :)

8 April, 2013, online
Sashu's Update on FB, which read: "Always, always believe in second chances. It could be the best thing you'd ever do - for others as well as for yourself. :)" is the reason for this ramble :)
 

Clichés

To the rapt fifty, that day
(Or was it forty-eight?)
I ranted. 

When I rant
They need to be rapt!
Or else... :P
The ogre, you see, is at work!

I, as usual, on my soapbox-
About clichés -
In speeches, in essays
In letters, in e-mails
They'd need to write
For me to evaluate. 

Class Eight.
Writing tasks :D
Now you'd be a-thinking-
This here lady's really
Got a nut loose.
Clichés, and Class Eight?

Well, yes. I did.
They listened. They giggled.
I swear I even heard some snorting too! :P
In the next fifteen minutes
I had to be done. Just in time I did.
They were saved, by the bell! :P

And so, I forgot, as I suppose, they did too. 

Till.
Ta-da! Surprise!
Exams time, and papers galore
(That, incidentally, is where I'm at :P )
Some neat, some spidery
Some short, some too darned lengthy!
Some diatribes, some earnest
Some irreverent, some irascible 

And some - God help me!
To wake me from the stupor
of the overdose of the work-
For, I spy ...

Cliché.! I jump. I cheer.
I look again. Ooooh yes!
Right along there - c l i c h e’
That dashing tiny accent too, to boot!
I have never been more blessed! :P

Never mind that the child wrote:
I quote:
"It's a cliché to say speeches like this"
Unquote
About the topic; and put me well in my place!
I do this fist pumping grunt of satisfaction.
I accept that criticism.
And I do that clichéd thingy.

I write a ramble.
This a-way.

Clichés are good.

23 March, 2013.
A 'eureka' moment :D

Pic: Courtesy Google Image Search :)

Secrets

Secrets to keep
And some to share
Many to tell
But none to hear

Secrets blossoming
Each day, within, without
Some haunt; some are hunted

Tall tales, and short jabs
Some Spicy and
Some just plain ol' drab
No matter what the flavour-
Can you resist even one?

Secrets, they damn-
And they sometimes do more harm
Than good, if you ever saw any in 'em!

You've got yours
I know,
For, I sure have mine!

So, I'll tell you one
If you tell me another
Let's make it one, together
Or maybe, take a bit farther?

Or let's just secret it away
Till it burgeons, and spills
And let's itself out;
For that is it's nature

Secrets are to hide,
And then to tell
Then to spread
Till finally, back at you, it heads!

You know then-
You should have kept it
A secret!

 March 2013
Online, but of course, and getting crazier by the day :P
Image Courtesy: Google Image Search on 'Secret' :P

A Woman ...

Am I, am I.
And glad of it. 

I'm Daddy's Girl, still Growing Up
And I wonder if I'll ever be
The Right Age :)

I'm that Little Girl yet
Who hasn't given up on dreams,
And Carousel Rides :)

I wish I was stronger.
But then I might give
Mr. World a run for his money.
Thank you. I am happy this way :D
For now. :P

I've lived Sepia Dreams And coloured them bright :)
I have my reasons and seasons
And most times, I am defiant :D

Today, too, like other days
I celebrate me. And you....
All of you, who be humane ...
Who loves and respects another,
Especially a woman; for then,

You truly live. 

8 March, 2013
Wishing every reader here, both men and women the best of the day, and of life, as you walk through the world, sharing your respect for everyone, especially women. Happy Women's Day.
And for a change, I shall not excuse myself for a self-aggrandizing post, linky linky one at that :D

Listened to, as the first song of the day, "Woman" by John Lennon. Magic :)