Caffeinated Moments…

cooling porcelain heels on moonlit contours of brooding, insomniac silences, it breathes aromatic syllables of caffeine promises- alluring lethargy with mirages of agility, an addicted tongue basks in bittersweet flavors, while the pulse races like a tired horse flogged into swiftness on wings of transient surge of whimsical adrenaline.

Meaningless

With years having peeled off the trunk of existence like scaling bark of eucalyptuses, revealing ditch-water realities beneath silver veneer of invulnerability~ naivete of the juvenile, myopic fading eyes find vision along with crow-feet to acknowledge difference between shimmering mirages on asphalted lies and lilting laughter of a brook benevolently quenching thirst. Sandpaper mornings seek …

Between Teacups and Clotheslines…

Curls escape like wayward whims from a stoic bun of stolid indifference, as sweat beads pepper furrowed brow of worry like water droplets on lotus leaves, trickling down oft to imitate defrosted sigh of winter, flowing down glass panes at noon. Hands wrinkled, weather-beaten, resembling that of her grandmother --having endured many a frothy tussle, …

Snippets from a Wallflower’s Life..

within drab vases she displayed the simplest of wildflowers plucked not for the exotic uniqueness she professed to treasure but to prevent any comparisons being drawn in beauty, while her trusty but ugly potpourri added fragrance. drawn curtains and shimmering candlelight, to concoct an aura of romance or to spin a reticulum of silhouettes and …