Loneliness / Solitude

Surging thoughts

Crash on the stony shores

Of my desolate heart

My bones are fire made

The veins --

Of molten rock

My stormy flesh

Howls and roars

And tears solitude

Into pieces

 

Then

 

Thy light of Love

That dwells everywhere

From grains of dust

To the dots of star

Shines and holds my hand

My parched soul

Drinks Thy chalice of Grace

With tears

I cup the Bird of Solitude

To feel Its downs of Peace

 

 

Posted for the prompt Loneliness / Solitude @Poetry Jam

Thorny Path (A Tanka)

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Thorny path for me

Thou hast laid to walk for life

Thy Name’s my refuge

I walk with my feet unscathed

I sing, “Hallowed be Thy Name”

 

Posted for Poetry Pantry @ poets United

Love Is Not A Greeting Card

"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made
                        like bread; remade all the time, made new"  
                                       
                                  -- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

I won’t tie you up to my grief
My child
Be free, lie in the lap
Of God
My love is now free
From fear
Of losing you
Rest in peace
My child
In the heart of God

                         

Posted for Susan’s Midweek Motif ~ LOVE is not aGreeting Card @ Poets United

                  

Silence

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All words are shattered

Broken pieces piercing deep

My heart oozing void

                  

Posted for Alan’s prompt Silence @ Poetry Jam

Time

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Eyes were new and so were the bones

Frolicking, chirping without moans

Summer-Spring of life with flowery frill

Universe sang just chill, chill, chill

Autumn’s still glowing with a bright light

Yet sinew’s losing that omnipotent might

Dawn, day and dusk have a strange new feel

Universe is singing chill, chill and chill

A time will come when harvest is done

The mind will long for the hidden sun

The sleepy physique will show time’s weal

Universe will whisper chill, chill, chill

The body and mind will be full of mirth

Awaiting keenly for another birth

 

 

Posted for Bjorn’s hosting Sunday-Mini-ChallengeTime-travel  where we are to write a poem using past, present and future time in the same poem @ Real Toads

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 Sharing with Poetry Pantry @ Poets United

A Simple Prayer

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Thank you for the Home so sweet

Thank you for the Souls we meet

Thanks you for the Bards who sing

Thank you God for everything

 

Posted for Susan’s Midweek Motif ~ Gratitude@ Poets United

How to Sleep

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Switch off the world

That glitters on screen

Or buzzes in your ears

At least two hours before

You go to bed

Hang a No Entry board

Inside the beautiful premises

Of your mind

So that no unwanted thoughts

Lay siege to your fort

Even if they shout outside

In their glaring silence

Simply ignore

Talk less

Food mustn’t be heavy

Neither for the body nor mind

Take a simple book

Even a children’s book would do

Mustn’t read lying

Sit and read

It’s good if the bed is comfortable

But mind needs the real relief

There’s no need to panic

If sleep doesn’t descend on the eyes

Read

Feel happy

Close the book

Switch off the light

Lie down

Rest

Good Night

 

Posted for Gabriella’s prompt ~ A How To Poem~ @ Poetry Jam