Tag: calm

VERSE | DISTANCES

On By Mahvash K. M.In poetry, truth, verse, womenwriters, writing1 Comment 
Eyes rheumy, ringed with grey
Stare at me, stare me down
But their old fire is gone
Almost gone … age-worn  
I still shrink, but imperceptibly
Outwardly there is no sign
Of being pushed off the line
Off my center, intimidated 
Bullied, silently hated
For that time. Those eyes
Still try to be 
Windows to his reflection of me
Disappointing, different, so unlike
The version I should have been

I look back at him
Even as I feel my own agitation 
Silently
Pull at my edges, wringing at them
Helplessly, I don’t want the drama
I’m too old for that now
He’s older but he doesn’t see
The futility, the lovelessness, 
This rejection of me
I look away, back at my book
Quiet, stoic as calm as can be
Inside another little piece
Of closeness, affection, familiarity
Breaks off into the grey-ringed void
Of distances spanning an eternity.
Image: Larisa Carli

VERSE | SOME DAYS

On By Mahvash K. M.In hope, poetry, verse, womenwriters, writingLeave a comment 
Hope visited me today 
She brought Grace and Calm 
I looked at them comfusedly 
Why had these three come?

I was lying in my bed 
With Dejection and with Dread 
I’d been in their company a while 
They had spun their grisly web

I had lain in its hoary mesh
While its tendrils reached within 
Shutting out the daylight hours
My world was dark and grim

The ache that they had released 
Had also roused Masochist 
He clutched me now in his eerie hold
I just couldn’t break that spell 

The rushing, gushing tides of pain 
Numbed memories that played 
Over and over in a loop 
Relentless, without a break 

My heart bled from the holes that gaped
Wider with every wave 
Of agony that swept through me 
I had no desire to be saved 

But now there was Courage too 
With Love she looked at me 
Grouping together in my chest 
They held hands with the other three

Their other hands lay on my heart
Staunching the essence that fled
Out into the ravening veins 
Of Dejection and of Dread 

A gentle warmth spread through my flesh 
I finally saw some light 
Flitting, peeping, twinkling through 
The blue gauze in my eyes 

Hope and Calm and Love together 
With Courage and Grace today 
Came to sit with me a while 
As in my bed I lay.
Image: Mireille Laroche

VERSE | BREATHE

On By Mahvash K. M.In poetry, serenity, verse, writingLeave a comment 
Stop and listen - do you hear 
The wind blow through the trees?
Let your mind soar up a little 
To the rustle of the leaves

Stop and look - do you see
Her golden yellow wings?
As the bee floats round the flowers 
Gathering nectary-sweet things 

Stop and touch - do you feel
The texture of the bark?
Of the grand old banyan tree 
It’s head swaying up with the lark 

Stop be still - let your heart fill 
And your atoms all slow down 
As you walk through the ethereal realm 
Of nature as she abounds