Spoken is not a secret anymore,
It should be covered in silence.
3/6/2024

The day Imam Hussein sacrificed his head to uphold Islam.
It is a story understood by all lovers of Hussein,
Till today Hussein (IS) and always (WILL BE)
29/7/2022

Looking at the sky,
From my wide window,
The still fleecy clouds,
With a tinge of grey,
The sun smiling from behind them,
A gentle wind stirring the curtains,
I felt grateful
For the gift of life.
Bouquet of beautiful memories,
Showered with tears of joy,
Flash by,
Of loving family,
And dear, loyal friends,
Who have helped me to grow and live happily.
29/9/2024

Completes a sentence,
But several more dots for you to complete the sentence,
Or start a new beginning,
This is your opportunity,
Make your beginning better than before.
3/6/2025

I fell in love with a plastic surgeon,
He saw my lemons,
Have to make them melons,
I like them melons,
A small operation will do the trick.
And next we went on a date male eyes ogled at my figure.
5/6/2020

Costs less than electricity,
But gives as much energy and light.
29/6/2025

Can be fake,
Understand the person behind the smile.
1/10/2021

The Ocean is vast,
But, you can take as much water as your hands can scoop,
Likewise, God's Blessings are timeless,
But, you can achieve as much as your Faith and Beliefs can muster.
1/5/2020

Mind, body and soul,
The path to awareness,
The yoga asnas.

Tends to create opportunities.
15/7/2025

What a surprise!
A single bud on a rose tree,
Blushing to open,
As glistening dew bathe it.
I moved down the orchard,
Ah! The Rose Family (Rosaceae),
Apples (malus),
Raspberries (rubus),
Strawberries (fragaria).
Having a morning chat,
In awe to see the blooming of their cousin,the rose,
Their leaves trembling with joy.
Roses are red my love,
So are their cousins Prunus,
Plums and cherries,
Red as fresh blood,
Nodding in the gleaming sun.
What a get-together!

My friend and I still love watching cartoons,
Our favourite is Tom and Jerry,
They relate to us,
She is Jerry and I am Tom.
We fight,
We tease each other,
We try to be one up on each other,
We irriate each other,
But we cannot do without one another.
8/12/2022

With arthritis,
And tendency to fall down,
My motto is
"Slow and steady wins the race."
22/8/2024

crowded waiting room
flipped through some old magazines
a page of haiku.
13/5/2019

The bride and groom are eager to go to their room,
The guests cannot wait to reach the food table.
21/12/2020

You stop breathing and moving
But life continues as your soul transcends to the Hereafter.
29/3/2024

the sun slips and trips
permeates blaze of colours
orange purple peach.
9/2/2020

One tear says all,
99% a spectrum of emotions.

A simple hug,
A feeling of calmness,
Means a lot.
21/12/2024

At last I woke up,
I was always complaining,
I realized  the value of his presence during his absence.

After ten years of courtship and friendship when my brother proposed to his girlfriend on my mum's birthday,
She was like a deer caught in
headlights
19/12/2020

I am parched,
I am starved,
Cried the little leaf,
Steeped in grief.
The branch swayed it to sleep,
Embracing it in a firm grip.
Suddenly the clouds bellowed,
The skies opened,
The trees woke up with a start,
Silver drops of rain drenched the bark,
To the roots they streamed,
The barren land screamed,
As the downpour on it tapdanced,
Soaking the caked earth ,
Filling it with joy and mirth.
The air was rich with sweet petrichor of rain,
The little leaf chuckled again and again,
The green colour surged in its vein.
The landscape beamed,
As the rain strummed and drummed,
Tinkled and thrummed,
While the wind played heavenly symphony.

old friend now married
to Chinese comedian
noodles and laughter.
8/2/2020

As I gazed at the ocean before me
I felt it remove all my bad moods.
And further I saw the waves pounding against the rocks,
Sensed my worries ebbing away slowly.
A smile lightened my face,
Peace and calm blanketed my soul.
The grainy sand beneath me made me realize life is after all not a smooth journey.
12/3/2021

nothing but silence
in this world of grief and pain
hope sustains the spirit.
13/9/2021

Our life has become like a dog,
We are excited about car rides and long walks.
25/3/2021

It seems the VIRUS is mightier
than the sword.
Virus, virus go away,
Come another day,
I want to go out and play with my friends.
1/5/2021

A trader had a Covid 19,
A trader had a Covid 19,
It was more contagious than flu,
And wherever the trader went the Covid 19 was sure to go.

It followed the trader to other countries,
It followed the trader to other countries,
It made the people cough and sneeze,
Cough and sneeze,
All the countries scientists and doctors did not know what to do,
Didn't know what to to do.

So all the politicians had a meeting one day,
Had a meeting one day.
They made the people stay at home
Stay at home,
They closed all the schools and fun places
And lockdown all the places where the Covid 19 was sure to follow,
They made the people wear masks and wash their hands
Wear masks and wash their hands.

This made the world bright and clean,
Bright and clean,
It made the children laugh and play at home with their mommies and daddies,
Laugh and play at home,
Laugh and play at home.
22/3/2020

Have you seen a tree weep,
Not tears from it drop,
But, real blood.
Since 1200 years ago on the day of Ashura,
The day of martyrdom of Imam Hussain at Kerbala,
Mourns a big old fir tree,
In the Zarabad village,near the Ghazwin city in Iran.
Hussain was brutally martyred,
His head slain and hung on a spear!
Paraded  through the streets of Kufa,
So he could save Islam.
This fir tree, in the morning of Ashura performs a miracle,
It sheds tears of blood,
Which trickle down from its branches and leaves.
It's not paint or water colour,
For the drops smell of blood.
If a tree can mourn Hussain,
How can we be left out,
On that day tens of thousand gather around the tree to mourn Hussain,
Many critically ill come for sole purpose to be cured by the holy blood.
With Hussain's death truth prevailed,
Islam prevailed.

Never seek attention,
But always give your 100% attention to your loved ones.
1/5/2021

stand at water's edge
gentle wave comes towards me
wets my new sandals.
17/2/2024

Flip flops I toss,
Little sand between the toes,
The sea beckons,
As I slip into the ocean.
Taste the salt water,
The sun on my shoulder,
Salty air,
On my face and hair.
Waves crash and roll,
Soothes my soul,
My spirit flies,
Life at the beach is a bliss.
6/3/2019.

as the tide recedes
playful foot prints on damp sand
mum's joyful day out.
10/7/2021

Your teeth are my priority,
I am patient,
I am kind,
I am loving,
I am gentle,
The rest depends on your luck.

Of the day,
It doesn't matter how much money you made,
It only matters that you had a good day,
And you are very happy.
20/4/2025

How successful you are does not
matter,
But how important and worthy you were to others.
14/7/2025

cheeky little girl
gives me a peck on the cheeks
candy looks yummy.
21/12/2022

I was out of place,
Like the moon during day time.
6/12/2020

The beach was inviting,
A balm to my stressed soul.
The salty ocean air was impish today,
It hugged me and caressed my dishevelled hair,
It even tried to lift my skirt above my knees but I held onto it tightly.
The young white waves came running towards me,
Giggling and splashing sea water over my toes and above my
ankles,
One large swell rolled me over and shouldered me under,
Drenched I played with the waves.
Soon I swam over to the bobbing boats to rest,
A seagull hovered over me before flying away.
Before the tide could recede I swam back to the shore,
I walked along the beach collecting shells which took my fancy ,
The warm sand was delighted to feel my bare feet. And as the sun went down the sky was splashed in peach and orange and purple colours,
The sun's warmth still lingered on me,
I decided to head home.
23/6/2020

Iraq,a war torn country,
Amidst tight security,
Through a jungle of barricades,
And through a throng of people one must wade,
To reach the shrine of Imam Hussain.
At his shrine lies heaven,
A paradise that defies description,
Around you a jostling crowd, mourning,
Chanting his name and beseeching,
Yet,all noise is lost, no barrier,
Only you and Hussain the martyr.
You are at peace,
A Spritual bliss,
As the bars' of his shrine you kiss,
He listens,to him nothing is amiss,
What you have come for you will be granted,
No One  leaves empty handed.
Time spent at his shrine,
Is divine.
Lost in his spirituality so intense,
Sudden shouts of the guards bring you to your sense,
"Move, move, make way",
As you leave you promise yourself to return another time or day.
That is the spritual power of Hussain,
That pulls you to his shrine again and again.
25/7/2019.

Why show so much attitude,
Today you stand proud on earth's crust,
Who knows when you will lie beneath it.

He was young and ugly,
He was loud and grumpy,
He had a toothless smile,
And was filthy.
But so many were attracted to him!......
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Flies and mosquitoes.

I sold my soul for worldly gains,
Now,  I am on death bed and I have nothing to take with me.
16/5/2020

Is like a weather map of your body,
All the data recorded in your soul.
20/3/2020

I want to be an autograph in your book of life.
15/6/2020

silence everywhere,
carpet of colourful leaves
autumn evening walk.
18/8/2021

long nights begin
no drinks or parties with friends
snuggle with a book.
23/4/2020

As sunrise and sunset,
Paints the sky in a tapestry of colours,
Autumn colours my soul in the loveliest shades.
19/8/2023

Golden autumn,
Harmonious autum,
Delicious autumn,
Beautiful autumn,
Graceful autumn.
Colourful autumn leaves fall,
Red, green,brown and gold,
In showers ,
Over little flowers,
A carpet hue,
Moistened by  misty dew.
Unmistakable autumn sounds,
Do their rounds,
Crisp leaves along the street,
Rustle beneath the feet.
A gaggle of migrating geese,
Flock the lustrous sky in bliss.

Cosy knits
Hot chocolate,
Sunburnt crispy leaves,
Sweet ripe apples
Chill pumpkins
The mixture of smells dancing in the breeze,
Autumn,a lovely mosaic.
27/4/2040