Sunday, July 23, 2023
By whatever name
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Stories of Dreams
Written for Friday Wrtings #85 :First Lines
Inspired by the first lines of......
"By the river Piedra I sat down and wept "
---Paulo Coelho
Be thou silent
I wait no answers
and as the longings conjure
and break of their own might
The torrential rain of heavens
touching the ground
a sorrow drenches my heart
A mountain I stand
feeling the gale of your thoughts
A clock ticking in the sky
your heart beats hear I
Once your dreams
had been mine
Now I carry the burden
of another's broken dream
The tears that flow
meets the river of prayer
my weeping shall be
an entreaty to God
and so solace shall be found
* The first lines begin by the same words as the name of the novel .
Monday, July 10, 2023
Broken
Written for Friday writings # 84:Prompts Galore
Do not
dare tread
the broken under your feet
They lie strewn
here there somewhere
in the street
The sound of broken
glass crunching
under the bootsteps
might feel empowering
You may think
you have boots
But the sigh of some
are so sharp
they'll hurt your feet
And ye might have to roam
with your hurt sole
on the same street
Saturday, June 24, 2023
A story by the river
Written for Friday Writings #82
Many a stories I had read
And many have I loved
There was this story the frog
with a princesses kiss
turned to a magnificent prince
And many such stories as these
led me to thinking far from a
reality someday later that hit me
With passage of time
And my choices changed
I read of one
Where my prince with a kiss
turned to a frog
Yes I should have
known better
That to err was common
To rise was divine
So I adored my princess
Who cried, prayed and said
"By the river Piedra
I sat down and wept"
PS" By the river Piedra I sat down and wept" by Paulho Coelho is one among the many favorites of mine.