Fire

A little flicker of hope

A huge flame of desire

When I ask self

If I will make it

It always answers back

In affirmative

I carry the hope

Deep in my heart

I bury it

and put the lid

It is better hidden

The flame of forbidden

Path that I will take

Road that I will cross

To fuel the spark

For a better tomorrow

But the light radiates

Through my eyes

Every time I see a bird fly

I open my arms

And feel the flight

I try my best

To control the urge

I try my best

To keep my surge

away from the prying eyes

But nothing shows like joy

Nothing glows like fire

I am sure one day

My joy will burst out of my pores

I am sure some day

My fire will burn through my eyes

And that day

It will either burn me

Or

I will burn it forever

But till then

I am happy

I am hopeful

And

I am burning

(C) Juztamom 2014

Shared with NaPoWriMo for an amazing prompt based on  Bibliomancy Oracle.  

The oracle gave me these lines as the prompt:

 “But happiness too can be difficult to trust outdoors

Time and again without a roof it floats away”

FROM “Inclusivity Blueprint” by Kit Schluter

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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

B for Bored

Snippet Of A Day In My Life

"hit, kick and jump

roll, laugh and shout

Bored never"

Day 2 B

I am never bored, really never. There are too many things, activities, games, laughs, cries and tears to keep me occupied. There are days when I really miss being bored and there are days when I pray that my day becomes a little dull..a little quiet but overall I love the buzz and excitement of my days.

What about you? How is your day generally? What was the most exciting thing you did in last few days?

Day 2 of AtoZ Challenge and I am a little more relaxed already. I explored a lot of blogs on Day 1 and am so amazed by the creativity and uniqueness of expression. Here are few blogs that I really loved, do check them out if you haven't already:

Cynthia Roger  
Roshni AaMom 
Lizzie Rogers

To know more about the challenge and to participate please click here

Taj

Spotless beaming with pride

A symbol of undying love

As white as purity

As pure as white

The silence echoes the song of love

The beauty reflects the beauty of loved

Each corner each wall

Has a story

Of an unsaid touch

The white absorbs

the heat and warmth

of bodies and soul

united at core

united in love

Each rise each fall

Has a tale

Of numerous nights

numerous lives

spent in a moment

spent in a night

Each step each pillar

is red in love

yet white and bright

Living a borrowed life

Of love and loved

Forever

United in life

United in death

(C) Juztamom 2014

Shared with NaPoWriMo Day 1 prompt Ekphrasis poem 

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A for Abundance

Today marks the first day of a month long journey called AtoZ Challenge. Each day will be a new letter, a new word and a new expression from my pen. Right now I have a lot of nerves, eager anticipation and expectation of a wonderful journey with my co-bloggers. I hope I do justice to the month and to my theme. But before I share with you my first expression I would like to say a special thanks to Arlee Bird for initializing this wonderful concept and also join me in wishing him a very Happy Birthday.

Few days back I shared my theme for the month. You can read it in detail here. Daily I will share with you a few snippets of my normal day through Haiku (a form of Japanese poetry). I will try to cover as much as I can in 17 syllables or less. Though my rendition is more an adopted English version and it doesn’t follow the strict rule of 5-7-5 syllables of a Japanese Haiku.

A for Abundance

Day 1- A

"laughter galore

love overflowing

Abundance"

Each day, every day in my life starts with a feeling of abundance, a feeling of having more than enough love and joy.

What about you? Do you think you have enough? What is it that you want more and what are the things in your day that make you feel content/satisfied with your life?

A special mention of a special friend  "Vinay aka Leo" who blogs at artofleo. He not only introduced me to "Haiku" but taught me everything that I know about the form. I never had an opportunity to thank him for his support and patience. So here it is Leo I am ever thankful to you for not only guiding me but also being so patient with me inspite of my million questions and zillion mistakes. He is also doing AtoZ, please show him some love friends.

To know more about the challenge and to participate please click here

Hundredth

Her brows are sweaty and she is licking her lips. She looks nervous I can sense it. She moves her hand in her hair and then slowly brings it down to her neck and adjusts her necklace. I ogle at her long slender neck with defined bones. I can’t take my eyes from it. I am in love again. Yes she is it. She will be my hundredth. How can I not take her? How do I let her go?

 I was tempted to cross the road, grab her in my arms, touch her soft face, slowly caress her neck and then break it, twist it, choke her till she stops breathing. Just the thought of that neck slowly dying in my hand is giving me a high that no drugs have ever given me. I start crossing the road, whistling to myself. I still can’t believe my luck of finding her alone in this deserted lane.

Suddenly a car stops in front of her and she hops in it too quickly. Even before I could blink the car starts moving.

I thought of running after it but then stop and smile. This has become more fun now. It was far too easy like this. There is no bigger rush than the chase of the prey. I write down the number of the car in my mobile and whistle loudly again.

“I hope you enjoy your last night sweetheart. I know I will”

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.