The phone rang so early
A heartbreaking news
Froze us for a second or two
Another tragedy has just happened
Not just another tragedy
Another flight was down
Broke our heart in two
Who do we blame this time?
Is there some explanation?
Or just another fiction...

Blame it on the ugly weather
Point your fingers to the innocent pilot
Might be another faulty machine ..
or a well planned  conspiracy theory ?
Whatever happens on that unfortunate plane....

Only god knows how and why?

The phone rang so early
A heartbreaking news
Froze us for a second or two
Another tragedy has just happened
Not just another tragedy
Another flight was down
Broke our heart in two
Who do we blame this time?
Is there some explanation?
Or just another fiction...

Blame it on the ugly weather
Point your fingers to the innocent pilot
Might be another faulty machine ..
or a well planned  conspiracy theory ?
Whatever happens on that unfortunate plane....

Only god knows how and why?

I listen to the sound of the wind that blows
The soft breeze touching gently on my cheeks
As I am sitting on a rock near a sea
the sounds of the breaking waves
fantastic rhythm of music ever
sitting here away from the hustle and bustle
of the city life,
no alarm clock is needed here
no urgency to rush for chores
quiet evening... soon will be sunset
watching the birds flying home
the ships are sailing far away
The fishermen  are coming home
The dolphins are waving GOOD BYE
and the trees are swaying to the left and right
and bowing to say thank you
for the appreciation of a tranquility day.

Trapped in a snow storm
Fell into a barren land
A narrow cave for a hide
shivering between each breath
the coldest coldest winter
chills the bones, freezes the brain
Numb veins, blood icy cold
White snow covers the land
Everything is frozen white
Quiet, peaceful, lonely
this bared deserted land

True Leader

I want to give you everything
without the expectation of anything in return
because that’s just what I want to do
have to do and obliged to do...

Don't send a lorry of durian to my house
Dont give big ang pows in my accounts
I am just happy I have done good deed
To my people, my country, my nation

Let's be fair to love
Love doesn't come and go
Love is not day and night
Love is not a weather
That can be changed within a day
Love is not seasonal
that changes upon time
Love is in the deepest heart that stays
shall never move or sway
Be it winter or summer
Bet it autumn or fall
In all seasons love stays...
Be it Tsunami or earthquakes...
Be it monsoon season or droughts..
True love stays
True Lovers don't stray...

Must Juliet die for Romeo?
Will Romeo die for his beloved?
Why should one die for love?
Love is life...
Love never dies...
Juliet's love will survive
Romeo's love will last...
Love is alive in the heart of lovers
True love never dies....

And the award goes to....
Puzzled... unbelievable...
My name? me? really me?
Confused I walked to the stage
Overdressed for the occasion but never mind...
Overwhelmed! I won I won!
Walking on the moon
Just two minutes to fame
Stepped on my gown
I tripped and fell..
Embarrassing moment...
Fell to the stairs but felt like ground...
Just about to recover myself...
Cool! My award winning smile...
But.. Now..Oppss...
**** you announcer
Wrongly announced the name..
Just two minutes of fame
years and years of shame...

Been searching high… Been searching low..,
You were not here… Not even there
The place we used to meet…
When the moon was shining and we were smiling

Found your Farewell note
Nicely written and sealed
My body was shaking as I read
Those cruel words that ripped my heart in two
Words that turned my world around..
Spinning …spinning round and round
Words that tore my every happiness,
Words that shattered my dreams so true..
My life was tainted…altered.. instantly … completely..

Suddenly …
I was all alone… grieving in silent
So unfair it was …
I was two minutes too late..
Only too late.. the silvery night passed
and you were gone…

My love was torn… my heart broken..
Pieces of weeping heart of mine
like a broken glass …Scattered on the ground..
Oh my broken pieces of heart..
Could I mend it and put it back together again?

love that has no limitations
It asks for nothing in return
You genuinely love people for who they are
For their true and honest selves
Raw and unfiltered
this magical love runs deep
through your every waking moment of your life
And those whom you give it to
should feel truly lucky
to experience your love in their lives!

Driving at the highway
all the way up
Sending A child away
To pursue her dream
A daughter at a university
A Parent’s dream half fulfilled
Sleepless nights
Worrying for her safety
Sleep talking starts
The house seems so empty
Nightmares begin..
Waiting for a call..
She misses me?
Or my money more?
~ Sharina~

I never knew I could trust someone
Until I met you

I never knew how beautiful I look when I smile..
Until I met you

I never knew how good laughter is
Until I met you

I never knew love could be so sweet
Until I met you

I never knew touches are warm
Until I met you

I never knew a simple walk on the beach
could be so special
Until I met you

I never knew the vocabulary of LOVE
Until I met you

I never knew a kiss could hold my breath away
Until I met you..

I never knew holding hands and hugging...
Could give me a sensational feeling…
Until I met you...

I never knew I could love someone
as much …
Until I met you…..

Naked love
Your love and mine
Your lips touch mine...
like a hundred times each day
Your hands wrap around my waist
Never leaving my sight...
Your love and mine
is transparent indeed
Your hands holding mine
and I Hug you tight..
our hands...may
not be so pretty anymore
our lips wrinkly and ugly
but hugs are tighter
kisses are better
Intimate lovers we are
for a thousand more years..

Love knows no bounds or wrinkles
Your love is indeed very transparent
Crystal clear...

The image of you is vague
Everything you says
Everything you claim
I doubt them
You are not a real person
You are just a vision
You are an idea in my thought
Perhaps my illusion...
Fell for your charms
Sugarcoated words
Unrealistic expectations...
You are not even human
You are...
What you are ...
Is only virtual....

You are still the first thing
on my mind
when I open my eyes
in the morning
when the birds chirping
in our used to be garden
You are still the last thing
I have on my mind
before I covers my face
and close my eyes
tossing and turning
on this king sized bed...
In between my sleep
You appear with your kindest smiles
Your dancing eyes
never left your handsome face
You are too vivid
How would I believe
that now everything is in past tense?

I love you
you never noticed
I wait hoping for a smile
anything to give me hope
do you even see me ?

I smiled at you again today
a small hope to be noticed..
you smiled that sweetest I have ever seen
and hugged the same woman I have seen

I dont like waiting....
but I just have to
If waiting means having you..
Then I will wait till I have you...

People say 'something good is worth waiting'
Patience comes in while waiting
and so does determination.
So...i'm in no hurry,
just sit back and I wait..
I wait and be patient
wait and be patient
and  enjoy the beauty of it..

Waking up at dawn
Neither argue nor yawn
My child bathed himself
Joining his mom and dad
Waiting for the call of prayer

Performing 'Fajr' prayer
while the whole universe
rolling in deep sleep
But never does he frown
To wake up and pray at dawn

Take me to paradise with you
Live forever among the chosen angels
Countless blessings by god..
Eternal life in paradise...
Only you
who will hold my hand
stand tall beside me
protect me from hates and evils
prevent the hell fire...
The burning heat
beneath my feet...
Only you
who will make sure
I won't stumble and fall...
drown in a river of fire...
boiling in hell
Only you...
who will let me cross
that path.. that bridge
making sure I am safe..
while you wait
at the other end..
with a smile...
I have faith in you
I believe its only you
Who will walk with me..
in paradise...

Whenever.. Wherever
You wanna go
I wanna go
Whenever Wherever
You wanna go
I wanna go too

Whenever Wherever
You wanna go
I wanna go
Whenever Wherever
You wanna go
Can I go with you?

violent waves

hit and run

rage with anger

roar!

everything vanished!

widely dispersed.....

Very often I heard them say
Wedding bliss is short term, temporary
Honeymoon over and here comes the reality
Ohh really? A wedding bliss has a date expiry?

When you agreed to make that wedding vow
Relationship is sealed, the bonds of matrimony
To love to live with someone for eternity
Tell me in which line of the wedding vow
… did you ever say, TEMPORARY?

Lifetime commitment is never that easy…
Our Love travels sometimes in a smooth journey
Sometimes love puts us into a rough situation
A twist of love and life… of loyalty and commitment
sometimes the test is tough… almost unimaginable…
so we Hurt each other till we bleed inside
we are clever but we sometimes act like fool

Searching for perfection in imperfection
No relationship is perfect, we both knew
But still we hurt and leave the scars open…
Wedding bliss never let it be temporary…

Upon your eyes there is the man… there is the woman
Sometime ago he/she was the one who drove you so crazy
Who stole your nights and days talking sweet nonsense…
Who put a smile on your face
till you vowed not to cry again

Let this wedding bliss be forever…
If we should take that vow we made once again…
Let us do…
Despite of everything that we’ve gone through
Good or bad,
The bliss is there… surrounds us..
Till death do us part
We are here to stay in a blissful marriage…
Wedding bliss is forever…
By Rina

As you walk down the aisle
Wearing white from head to toe
Daddy's hand in your hand
and you both walk slow and steady
My heart beats a little faster
as you approach the altar
Where your charming groom is standing
impatiently waiting to kiss his bride..

My daughter.. the prettiest bride ever
the wedding gown suits you perfectly
and the flowers looks pretty...
everybody is smiling...
the romantic music fits.... and the ceremony is perfect

and here I am the mother of the bride...
with a handkerchief drenched with tears
my baby is going today...
a step a head into into her adulthood era
a matrimony... a new bond is made
I felt  a pang of sadness deep inside me
a sudden grief....
the fact of giving away my daughter to a man
a man almost a stranger to me...
I wanted to hate this little chap
But isn't he my daughter's happiness?

HE ...who'd promised to treat her good...
but I know myself no matter how good
he'd said he would be....
how dashing how romantic he is
how super perfect he is going to be
his love is immeasurable to our love
we have fallen in love with our angel since ...
forever...
Dear daughter,
As he kissed you today and pronounced you his wife
and ask you to pack your things up
put all your belongings in his fancy car
and take you for a honeymoon
to a destination you both cant forget.....
just remember.... if nothing...
if nothing should happen between you two
and you feel a little lost
and you  need me or your dad
whenever you need us..
we are always here for you....
forever we will be here for our angel...

the bride happily kissed her mom and left....
with the man of her dream...
and the mother of the bride continues to cry...
She cries ... in silent pretending to smile...
a fake wedding smile

Ramadhan is coming..
The month to strengthen my faith..
I raise my hand and pray..
This Ramadhan let us do good deeds..
Self reflect and reading the holy book...
At night we gather in the mosque to pray..
let us  welcome Ramadhan by..
Walking humbly
Talking politely
Dressing Neatly
Treating our sisters and brothers Kindly
Praying  Attentively
Donating generously
Let us...
.....Welcome Ramadhan....

We can be dreamers
We can be fearless
We can be lovers
We can be winners
We can be
who we want to be
what we want to be
Coz
We own our life...

What if...
I write to him
but there is no reply?
What if...
I call him
but he wouldn't answer?
What if...
I text him
but he will ignore?
What if?
I try to look for him
but he isn't looking anymore?
What if....
I tell him how I feel
but he simply laugh
and leave me standing...
to die in huge embarrassment?
of his total rejection?
what if....
what if...
I am so glad I decided to  ignore
WHAT IF....
so I won this man and married him at last..
Happy ending...

What is your deepest fear?
Fear of being inadequate to someone?
Fear of being a loser in life?
Fear of the unknown?
Fear of not knowing your own potential?

Often we fear of who we can be
Even without trying to be
brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are we not to be?

The world is expanding
Why are you shrinking?
Fear not to face the world
there is a space for everyone
on this precious land...
so do not hesitate to give yourself another chance
to shine... to shine....

let overcome this fear...
and do what we should...
as not to hide our potential hidden anymore....
and let others to follow suit
and **** their deepest fear...

I am scared of the day
I don't remember much
about you anymore
I think the day is coming...
getting closer each minutes...

when I woke up this morning
your face was blurry
your voice an echo
I remembered something else
I was doing something different...
I didn't call your name...

I am scared if that day is today...
Weird I don't miss your arms
when I am lying on that sofa
watching our favourite show...

if things should fall apart
between you and me...
I hope I will lose my memory
I won't feel the pain...

When I fall
I don't want to get up
When I fall
I don't want to stand up
When I fall
I don't want to wake up
and strange...
when all these happen
I don't even know
I have fallen deeply
Fallin for you..

Funny how I feel inside
When my eyes meet yours
and your eyes meet mine
Its like the snow is melting in my heart
and I am drowning in the sea of love...

Everything is still unclear
Why did you leave me here?
Where am I? I can't see in the dark
Need my car ... where is the car park?

I heard you cry so loud..
Tell me why? and how... I can avoid
Being isolated in here.. what place is this?
Explanation.. I need that please...

I heard the kids sobbing
worried... their sobs is so disturbing
get me out from here dear darling..
You need not to worry about anything...
Let me take care of you and the kids and everything...

I heard the sound of your footsteps
and the kids footsteps
and many other  footsteps above me..
Is it earthquake? Why is the earth shattering?
I am scared... help me ..
Why are you leaving .. walking away

and then there is complete silent
all alone, I screamed the loudest...
I called your name, the kids names, my mom's and dad's name..
I am buried here covered only with a piece of white cloth
can't even turn to the left or right...
can't even peep outside..
Where am I... Where am I?

I have lost for words
An imperfect diction takes hours
A crooked rhyme for days
An Incomplete lyrics for weeks
A boring song for months
Have I lost those magical words ?
My magic of poetry
is missing...

Thinking hard...
always thinking too hard
Hurting my precious brain
A little damage it seems today
Technical problems in the brain wires...
Connectivity issues...
Hopes its not too obvious...
Or I'd make myself looks too dumb..

Trying to look strong and cool...
Still My mind travels elsewhere...
and it seems to be everywhere...
Searching for the cure...
a treatment is  nowhere...
I am praying for a speedy cure
Oh god...
Where did My mind go?

What kind of games are you playing?
Hide and seek? Win Lose or Draw?
I am sick of these games of yours
Not a slot machine in a video games center...
Not also your fancy new games in a computer..

Am I not worth?
Am I just the games you used to play?
Am I your latest collections of Barbie doll ?
Felt used and manipulated
You treated me like a toy...

Where have you been?
Unanswered messages, 101 missed calls
So... this is what your true love is...
You told me to find someone else..
And You told me to move on...
It really is not fair..
Cause you told me to always play fair..

Promises made are promises kept..
When you cant be here..
Just tell me where you are?
You cant be trusted anymore..
Tell me where have you been to?
Tell me how many hearts have you broken?
Where have you been...
Where have you been....

What kind of games are you playing?
Hide and seek? Win Lose or Draw?
I am sick of these games of yours
Not a slot machine in a video games center...
Not also your fancy new games in a computer..

Am I not worth?
Am I just the games you used to play?
Am I your latest collections of Barbie doll ?
Felt used and manipulated
Treated me like a toy...

Where have you been?
Unanswered messages, 101 missed calls
So... this is what your true love is...
You told me to find someone else..
And You told me to move on...
It really is not fair..
Cause you told me to always play fair..

Promises made are promises kept..
When you cant be here..
Just tell me where you are?
You cant be trusted anymore..
Tell me where have you been to?
Tell me how many hearts have you broken?
Where have you been...
Where have you been.

There was an old man called Keith
At 81 he had lost all his teeth...
At 91, he had forgotten his new set of false teeth
Poor old Keith starved himself for days he couldn't even chew
not.... without  the aid of his false teeth
Looking everywhere ... for his missing teeth...
in the kitchen, in the shower, in the drawer,
had misplaced his perfect white teeth
forgotten he had laid it on a chair in the living
days before he had dozed off on his rocking chair...
He forgot where they were... not until...
He sat down and was bitten underneath....

Lost is her love
Where did it go?
Has she looked
within herself?
Try to look inside you
To find the love you claimed
You have lost...
Perhaps you have only misplaced it...
Where is the love?
Care to search
Keep looking.....

Everything I see is white
My rooftop is white
My lawn is white
The backyard is white
My garden is white
The snowman is white
The field nearby is silky white
Standing outside the house ,
what a cold breeze..
Countless  snowflakes falling on my head
turned me to snow white...

Who will listen to
the unspoken words
the unsung songs
the silent screams

Who will witness
the unseen pain
the unshed tears
the wounded heart
the restless soul

Who else will listen to the unheard?
Who else will see the unseen?

I have words
Thousands of them
Dancing on my head
Bumping into one another
Clashing while they spin
Making fantastic rhythms
Composing splendid puns
and poems and songs

Wonderfully,
Rich alphabets created
great lines, proverbs, metaphors and imagery
storing them neatly in my brain...
waiting to explode...

Why then...
  Am I still hiding my golden pen?
Hoping one day..
The chapters will start penning...
Wishing one day ...
We'd read from INTRO till THE END....
Holding satin handkerchief in one hand
Disguising big smile with tiny tears falling...
Gone the hot burning light of the oil lamp....

By Rina...

Quite some time ago...
The rain has  stopped
But Why am I still soaking wet?
The sound of thunder still
each blink of the eyes...

I know you are a busy bee
You are loyal to your hectic schedule
If I may interfere in between your busy day
May I ask ... you...
May I humbly say this....
I love to be around you
I love the way you tell me stories
I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smile...
your enchanted  smile is  heaven for me
I love the way you laugh..
a lullaby to my ears..
I am short of vocabulary here..
to express the way I feel
when I want to describe you..
to explain my inner feelings about you..
I am out of words..

For being a simple man..
I am gonna say only a few simple things
that I really adore you
and I am going to make you mine
will I take your hand in my hand
and make you mine?

Will you hold my hand
And stay true to me ?

Will you still talk to me..
When words I utter….
no longer make sense….

To say I love you is a painful effort
I am tired, this disease is killing me softly
I will not live long in this world..
Will you extent your hands to me?

What if I am no longer the queen whom you worship?
Will you still hold my hand?
Will you walk with me along the road of life..
When I am no longer able to stand tall
Will you hold my hands for me?

Will I still be your princess?
If the gowns can’t fit no longer…
The mirror wont reflect me no more..
Not a beautiful string of hairs to comb…
Will you still keep your castle for me?

Will you whisper sweet words to my ears…
When my ears can no longer hear?

Will you still embrace me.. want me..
When I can no longer feel…

Can you stand my numbness?
My dullness? My clumsiness?

Will you still look at me..
If what you see is a piece of worn out artwork….
Which is no longer precious…

Do you still need me.
If the kisses are tasteless..
If the hugs are cold..
If the future is bleak….

Do you still need me..
when my visions are blurry…
… and you need to see for me?

Will you still hold my hand..
To walk to the beaches..
To the romantic theatres…
To all the places in the world….
Will you carry me..
When my feet are too weak to walk?

Will you?

when I cant hardly breathe my last breath….
Will you still hold my hand?

Will you hold my hands?

The coldest day of winter
Snowflakes fall on the rooftop
Beautiful white velvet carpet
all around,
silky white garden...
The sun is sleeping all season
So does the heart of mine..
Frozen cold...frozen the memory of you
Just like the frozen winter
Our heart will silently melt away...
buried deep within the ground...
The silence is eating me...
the winter breeze...
sends the chills down my spine
and suddenly I feel like Flying,
flying high with my little wings
Searching for love that never fails

Just like the fallen snow
My heart soon melts and again I forgive
Sing again a love song
To a chorus that is the night
With the orchestra leads by the crickets
and the moon will shine again
Shine, shine velvet moon
Till last you fade from sight

My winter's love
a season of nightmare
When you left me alone
in the coldest night
But gentle heart only knows love,
and Hears sweet love in the songs you play
Where this heart swallows play and die
and love stays, stays forever in gentle dream
Beneath the candles in the sky
let us swear to forget winter foolishness
and start again... our love rendezvous...
Love stays...  another season... another year..
forever...

Read, Think, Write and Speak work of Literary
That'll woo the women of poetry...
Those women who are poetry hungry...
Good  poetry , feed the soul of the lady
Will certainly smile happily...

There is some feeling inside……
I can’t express what it is…….
There is something in my heart to share…..
But I can’t make it to words……
I was good to express it before…..
But now my world is totally blank…..
It’s like a drought land in Indian summer….
The words are scattered here and there…..
I can’t chase them and arrange well….
I need a stream to flow to this drought mind…..
I need some words that can make me calm……
You are there and your words are here….
What else I need…???
Now I can catch my words…..
Now the lights and colors are filled in my mind……

How easy it is with words
Lovers can be strangers
Friends can be enemies
Families torn apart
Words can be the sweetest
Words can be the most disastrous
a dangerous weapon
against those
whom you  love ..
those whom you care..
careful with the choice of words...
never underestimate the power...