Serenity

Oxygen

Physical health issues have taken a toll on me, most of the times I’m unable to breathe. I feel as if there is something heavy in my chest that’s blocking my airways. Anxiety and depression have also kicked in because my mental health couldn’t stand the desperation caused by my physical health. I can’t breathe,…

Anxious

Man always crushes my hopes but I’ve loopholes. The most important one is me being a human being. Such a petty fragile human! This is self-pity. This is me writing while I face a writer’s block. I’ve gone deep into this nasty abyss called life and this chasm does not let me write. It’s stripping…

Lost

In my own enigma of dreams I got tied to another human being, The beginning of a chain reaction Puts an end to all my actions Peace falls piece by piece Being pulled into A negative field, Poetry used to be my elixir Have lost sense of my own future! Words drifted apart from me,…

Haiku

Attention seeker Craving entire devotion Fell for self-pity © Soiba Photo: Mine

Déjà vu

Sailed here by life Perks or penalties of being a wife, Fate restructured by no other but me Still I call it destiny, Confusing mental state I took life’s bait, My pen’s constantly drowning Can’t get hold of my surrounding, Time being the child of sand Slips from my grip while I stand, Another day…

Faith

The constant nourishment of soul which has got a long way to go, It sinks, then, rejuvenates The body sometimes fails to Keep accord with it, But it learns gradually, It gets difficult to tread on a muddy path Time is food for the soul, Don’t let it slip away in the cracks For these…

Drops

Little by little Drops form whole, The way assurances feed my soul Tear drops, Drip by drop Reassurances, Drops in my drip Dew drops, One of nature’s many ways My soul’s desperate for its few drops… © Soiba Photo: Mine

Sunset

I am an absurd introvert. People close to me are the ones I value and the ones who make me feel like an extrovert when I’m around them. But the society in which I live in continues to pull me stronger into its nauseous gravitational field. People scare me nonetheless; I’m forced to be fake…

Maa

The nightmare has begun Its tentacles are around me Come save me Oh mother! It seems familiar This gloomy air, Come hide me Oh mother! I’m surrounded This world is my prison You’ve got my pill, Mother I’m dying Help me catch my breath, Come take me with you to the hereafter Or Help me…