Sunday 5 September 2021

My beautiful blue porcelain cup




I had a beautiful porcelain cup

It was my favorite, you see

It had blue flowers and a golden rim

From it every morning I had my tea

 

I simply loved my  porcelain cup

I was addicted to its charm 

From it I would slowly sip my tea

And it would keep my heart warm

 

I don't know if my favorite cup

Was also addicted to my lip

But I loved it with all my heart

Would rejuvenate with every sip

 

Then one fine day I noticed a crack

It sure did break my heart

I tried my best to put it together 

With it, I didn't  want to part

 

Now that I would use the cup

Sometimes the tea would spill

But my love was so utterly blind

Again the cup I would fill.

 

I didn't let go, I held it so

In my hands and in my heart

The thought of my morning sans it

Would pierce my heart like a dart

 

Then alas, one fateful day

It broke in my hand

Scalding tea fell on my lap

This was something  unplanned

 

Oh, how I grieved for my  porcelain cup 

The cup with  flowers blue.

Now not  only did I nurse a broken heart

 Had blisters on my body too

 

It was my besotted love for it

That made me burn my fingers

Even though at times, I do resent

The memories still in my mind lingers

 

For if I had put the cup away 

when it had just a crack

Perhaps I would not have burnt myself

And my heart too would be intact 

 

It's the same with some relationships 

Which we drag on, after it ceases to be good

The fact remains when it  starts to hurt

Try to  be aloof, we should 

 

The more we linger on a relationship 

That's seeping us of  our  happiness 

The more we hurt, the more we brood

The beauty turns into ugliness

 

So keep your cups away for good

When it develops a crack that you  can't mend

For you want the good memories to remain

With painful blisters you don't want to end.

 

 

 


 

Wednesday 11 August 2021

 







TRAVEL 


I want to travel to the mountain's 

I want to cross the seven seas

I want to feel the desert sand under my feet

And on my face, the ice-cold breeze

 

I want to be out in the wild 

I want to be one with nature

I want to see God's artwork

Make travel my personal teacher

 

I want to see nature’s wonders 

And man-made wonders too

They say there are only seven

If only they knew!!

 

With my wings spread out, I stand at a cliff 

And the world is calling out to me

How do I pen my travel list?

I travel to set my soul free!!

 

Give me wings

So, I travel the skies 

No passports, no visas

Across borders I fly

 

Snow clad mountains

Or hot burning sands

My travel list is unending

It’s getting out of my hands 

 

I want to travel the world,

Today and forever 

As I discover destinations

It's myself I discover!