Now and Forever

I am repaying debts,

creating new ones – for

others to repay

Meanwhile there is

a bird spreading its

wings to fold them back

-  again and again,

on its feathers are written

words of wealth, desire,

envy and fear,

its colours shining bright,

people spot it from

a distance

I wait for it

to fly away;

now and then the bird

spreads its enormous

wings fully – so enormous

that its shadow covers

me – it flies,

to return soon

Turning my head

I see old love

standing still – I thought

I had put it away,

I must have kept a

door open; with it

are waiting longing,

heart-burn and

hope, all are together -

they will be: now and forever

Verse and Photography: © Sanchita C 2014 

Equation

You know life is tough

when you try to change

an equation

and the equation refuses

to budge

you read some lines,

hear some words,

take a stroll,

you try to accept

but you cannot; and you are

not happy

    giving up, you neither

accept nor try to change

now you just smile

Photography and verse: Sanchita C 2014