Being A Girl

Scared and in her own

Walking on the side

Walking with head down

Just walking on the road

Too shy to look up

Too nervous to share a glimpse

This is how she was brought up

To be proper and be prim

To look down

And not have a voice

To just walk on the road

Shown by others

Just walk in unknown of known

She always feared

Not someone else

But herself

Coz she was aware

Aware of her rising desires

Aware of her persistent thirst

Of knowledge

Of questions

Of reasons

Of whys?

Why was she treated like that?

She was born a girl,

So what?

Being a girl,

Was it that bad?

 

She knew it was only a matter of time

Her voice will find its way out

Her life will change forever

She may not be able to survive the tyranny

If she did

She may not be able to survive the irony

Of being finally free

So she was scared

For the future

Black or white

Dark or Bright,

Will come only

After a huge battle

A lone war

That she may not survive

(C) Juztamom

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Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

Alone But Not

Warm glowing in the heat

The thirst that never quenches

The burn that never burns

She held tight

With all her might

Hoping against hope

To remain united forever

Still longing to be free

Free

To wistfully flow

In the air

To become one with

Many others like her

To be her own lover

But how could she

She was born

Where she is now

She was always the part of it

Together they have seen everything

The heaven falling from the sky

The rains soaking her from inside

The moisture of love

That is eternal

Yet would leave her alone

The white descending from above

Covering her whole being

Erasing any other color

Yet being serene

The orange, the red

The yellow and green

Of beautiful spring

Abundance of love

Though she should be happy

But she remembers being aloof

For spring marks the beginning

The beginning of the end

The warm scorching heat

That feels like a blast

On her face

That fills her with warmth

Enough for her to survive alone

That gives her the signal

It is time to go

With a shock she moves

Fearing she might fall

But the wind carries her in her arms

Taking her to the dream

Where others were waiting

Who were just like her

That’s how she became a part

Of the yellow gold stream..

She was no more

A lone golden leaf

(C) Juztamom

Writer's note: The poem is in the voice of a leaf, which is dreading autumn  and is reminiscing all the seasons gone by. But in the end it cuts the string and becomes one with the golden stream of leaf. 

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Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

The Road

What holds for us in the future is,

what we build

What we leave behind is,

just foot prints

The road comes from no where

And it leads to no where

It walks with us

We carve it

We build it

we lead it

And finally we leave it

(C) Juztamom

Shared with NaPoWriMo. The prompt was to write a poem for one of the four photographs shared on the website. I have used the above.

Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

Light From Heaven

Shaken by the disbelief of my heart broken

and shattered I ask heavens and hells together

To answer my plea and show me the light, for

I felt lost, left alone in the debris of lost love, bruised

and broken drenched in my own tears and dampen soul

You hold me in your arms, I feel light, as

a feather flowing in the breeze, unknown

of its origin and unaware of its purpose

you guide me to the light inside you

I find me

(C) Juztamom

Shared with NaPoWriMo. The prompt was to write a poem in the form of a curtal sonnet. The curtal sonnet is shorter than the normal sonnet, fourteen line sonnet. Instead it has a first stanza of six lines, followed by a second stanza of four, and then closes with a half-line.

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Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

I Run Around

Round and round I run around

In circles

I stop here

I stop there

Not knowing here

Not looking there

The sparkling white

The lovely light

The dancing clowns

The golden browns

In circles

But I don’t stop

And I don’t look

I am walking up

And

Walking down

in circles

The fire in the sky

The beautiful bride

The naked kids

The lonely tides

I pass through them

I look through them

But I don’t stop

And

I don’t look

I just keep my eyes

On the road

And move ahead

In circles

Where am I going?

Who knows?

When will this end?

Who knows?

What I know is that

You told me

I will find you

At the end of this circle

So,

I don’t mind

And

I don’t care

I just walk away

I just walk your way

In circles

Round and round I run around

In circles

(C) Juztamom

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Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

The Wall

What divides you from me?

The red sweltering mount

The endless lines of bricks, and

infinite mounds?

Who built it and why?

Did they put a heart inside?

Can it feel our love?

Can’t it feel our pain?

Would it cry if we leave it alone?

Would it wonder in the unknown of,

Loved and lost?

Can it feel the warmth of our souls entwined,

through it?

Can it feel the cold of our tears submerged, and

lost in it?

 

May be it will start breathing our breaths

May be someday it will come alive with our love

May be someday it will bleed and cry

And call our names

then melt away with the heat of our heart

Uniting our remains

(C) Juztamom

Shared with NaPoWriMo. The prompt was to write a poem that features walls, bricks, stones, arches, or the like.

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Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

Me

Go ahead define

Put me in your confines

Build a bracket

Draw a line

But I promise you

Everytime

I will defy

If I have to,

Everytime

I will decide

Because I have to

I am not you

Just like you are not me

Don’t step in my shoes

Don’t wear my heels

They are MINE

And only MINE

It can break,

It can hurt

It will break

And it will hurt

But I know

How to get up

How to heal

I don’t need you

Or anyone

To teach me

How to live

I am me

Not you,

I am free

Just like you!

(C) Juztamom

Shared with NaPoWriMo. Just felt like yelling these lines with all my force, on top of my voice. I am glad my pen did it on my behalf.

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Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina

Questions And Answers

Why can’t I fly you ask?

Oh yes you can sweetheart

Just close your eyes

And open your heart

Your mind is your wings

And your words your arch

Why can’t I float you ask?

Oh yes you can sweetheart

Let go of your reserve

And leave any charade

You will glide like a fish

And float like a bard

Can I be you right now you ask?

No hold on sweetheart!

Why not? I can’t wait to start!

You can be whoever you want to be

But you will be you my love

A little of me, a little of us

But a lot of you

And believe me you is enough

But there is still time for that

There is still time to grow up

You can hold my hand for some more time

You can be just mine for some more time

Be a piece of me for some more time

Till you become you

 (C) Juztamom

Shared with NaPoWriMo. The prompt was to write a poem for children. 

Some of the fellow participants:

http://janakinagraj.com/  – Janaki

http://jaibalarao.com/   - Jaibala

http://poojashridhar.blogspot.in/ – Pooja

http://andiwrite.com/ – Count

http://ponderingtwo.blogspot.in/ – Rohan

http://advkaranshah.blogspot.in/ – Karan

http://www.rinzurajan.blogspot.in/ – Rinzu

http://artofleo.wordpress.com/blog/– Vinay

 http://thoughtspop.wordpress.com/ – Nithya

http://viewsofpreethib.wordpress.com/ – Preeti

http://whilethecoffeebrews.blogspot.in/- Naina