Edge

There is a bouncy ball

inside of me – bouncing

left, right, up and down –

it makes me edgy, dreamy

and twitchy – walking up

and down my living room,

talking incessantly – mostly

to myself, I reach a point

The point divides itself

into three or four paths –

I stop and look – unsure

which way is the right

way or if there is one;

if all is a matter of choice –

how to make it; a grand

old, huge tree next to me

sways with the wind –

it seems to speak to me,

whispers … rather, says words

in an unfamiliar language

and yet there is some thing

I understand in its message

- not fully though; I wait, sit

and listen – only when

I’d decipher, I’ll move on

Verse & photo: © Sanchita C 2014

Divine Intervention

Tears had dried up

I wasn’t mourning

for the love I cannot

accept, I stepped

near my window,

opened it – big, round,

smiling, kind eyes looked

up at me and said:

“hey, it is alright”;

Must be my personal

version of divine intervention

that saved the day

for me, brought me

a big, bright, sunny smile!

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

Us in this Universe

A fraction of the moon

- half-lit, half-dark; and a

bright star or may be a planet –

at a bit of distance in the

violet-ish dark sky; somewhat

like you and me: together

up there, close to each other

but still far; shining but

threatened by limitless black

emptiness; hanging on,

singing songs of hope and future,

scared of what might befall

both or one of us if the universe

decides to collapse or expand

Text and photo: Sanchita C 2013

Finally, I Hear

Finally, I heard you speak;

as if a thousand years

of silence filled with

endless moments of self doubt

and dilemma broke

I woke up this morning

with a discomfort in my body

but with immeasurable

waves of happiness-like

feeling within me; it seemed

nothing or no one can break

the spell: the words I heard

from you in a voice that

spoke with affection and trust,

which seemed to build a wall

around me, within which

I can only prosper

and grow unhindered

Text and Pictures: Sanchita C 2013