Miracles

A long, long time ago
‘dream your dreams…’
whispered my angel
from somewhere
so far, yet so near.

A long, long time ago
when my mind
was an open book…
clear, pure and
bright with hopes…

Quite, quite
unprepared for the bitter storms..
dark, desperate, dreaded storms
clouding and dimming
the fire that burned within.

But storms have
a way of blowing out,
whispered someone,
maybe my angel?
As I soon discovered,
leaving behind devastation
yet renewed hope,
in glowing embers.

Embers which you
fanned, to bring
back the warmth
into my life..

To hold the dream
once again.
To hope,
to yearn.

To believe in a
miracle called
You.

20 April, ’02

Greeting

In the silence of
our words
is a greeting louder
than the tumultuous
beating of our hearts…

In the warmth of
our entwined fingers
is a reassurance
and a promise…

Love is only love
and is the only
thing we know…

And in the crescendo
of our silences
is the melting of
our souls –

We could never be
Two.

Usha, 26 Jan. ’91

Sorrow

Only sorrow makes you whole
Endless joy, in surfeit
Weighs you down in breathless gasps
Or puts you on a hurdy-gurdy
of emotions , throwing you
inside out
in sheer reckless joy,
your inhibitions thrown to the winds
your defences down..
your vulnerability glaring…

Then sorrow strikes –
In One chilling moment,
dunked, as if in ice-cold water
Your armour is back.
Painful, digging at the
softest corner of your heart
Yet you feel whole…

All the pieces where they should be
Cold, yet strong.
Despairing, yet determined.
It’s a thin line between
sorrow and joy.

But you’re far better off
making sure you know sorrow
because
she takes care of you
she puts you together..
That’s why you feel so..

I know…
Because only sorrow makes
you feel
Joy!

Usha, 18 Oct., ’03

Dreams

Have you ever had a dream?
Felt it grow within-
In your heart…
Have you cherished it?
Nurtured it, and felt
its tangibility?
Have you believed so much
So very much in it….
That you let it take shape?

Nebulous, misty, gossamer…
Slowly defining itself
And you.

And when you reach
for that dream-come-true….
Is there any that compares
with that deep feeling
of emotion?
Overwhelmingly elated
With a sense of perfect completion!

Dream, reach, believe…
Only you can do it.
All it takes is faith!

2003

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Hanging on the edge of time
by a sliver of a thought.
An impossible dream.

Daring myself to plunge ahead
There am I poised.

And I step forward…

Through the icy blasts
of wordless reprimands
of guilt and remorse
of pain , tears
and shock-

I find the light
at the end of the tunnel.

Passion’s price paid
I stand now-
Resolute, content,
Peaceful and strong.

In life and love-
Bound by a circle of
Love
Only love.

2003