January 28, 2012
She believes in the power of wishes
In healing laughter and true love’s kisses
Waiting for her love to find her, one day
Sighing in sweet anticipation she prays…
~Richa
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January 24, 2011
Those who trampled over you are long forgotten
No not forgotten… just not important
So what hurts so much, still?
Making it hard to breathe life in
It’s not the memory of the past,
But the wait for the future… at last
Telling yourself to wait, wait for your day…
It will be here … some day
Wait… wait for your day
~Richa
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August 9, 2010
Something flutters … rises up,
Starts taking form and then stops
Dying off into the distant dusk
A phantom in the settling dust
Its existence proven by
The melancholy left behind
~Richa
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May 22, 2009
At first it was an open fearful struggle
Learning the skills from the masters
Fearfully practicing these skills brought
Sweat, fear and the master’s angry retorts
As time changed, shifting around her
The struggles turned a strange corner
Fear was shoved behind hidden walls
As she worked with a fake, calm façade
By and by the world accepted freely
This fake outward calm as reality
And suddenly she understood
What lay beneath the master’s hood
They, the masters, didn’t know it all
They only conquered their fluttering heart
So with time, familiarity re-placed fear
And she became one of them. A fearless Master!
~Richa
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April 27, 2009
Dreaming of a love that her heart desires
A blissful sweetness that envelops the world
In its golden… warm… honeyed languor
An enchanting, exciting, electric presence
Making her heart float in its incense
A safe haven that is her anchor
As she charts stormy, choppy waters
Together discovering the worlds spoils
Or staying at home, with a warm fire
It can be all that and a lot more
With the one that shares her soul
Dreaming of a love that her heart desires…
~Richa
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March 27, 2009
The cool air on my face in the morning
A song in my ears that’s positively rocking
The memory of my sleeping son, smiling
When I kissed him goodbye this morning
My heart lifts, and my soul smiles
I spend the day in work, and compete against myself
Proud of my work, irrespective of its significance
Productivity, utilization, performance numbers sway
Battles lost and won, lil triumphs pepper my day
My heart lifts, and my soul smiles (although a lil tired this time)
I anticipate an evening in my lil one’s presence
Music, playfulness and nothing of any consequence
Watching movies late night or just sleeping away
To awake another day, and hopefully repeat today
My heart lifts, and my soul smiles
I am in love with today. I am in love with life
I hope this love affair lasts a lifetime!
~Richa
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February 23, 2009
The world goes about its business, quietly
Searching in the cupbooard of my memory
I strive to ferret out one pure strand
of raw emotion and come up with an empty hand
nothing bursts with joy or aches with unseen wounds…
nothing at all… isn’t that wonderful?
~Richa
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February 3, 2009
is it so easy to share one’s happiness, but so hard to share one’s sorrows?
January 15, 2009
Pummelled down, fists flying left and right
Black and blue and aching all over from the fight
No! don’t hit back… hold your breath and wait
wait… wait… wait… No!…No!… not yet… wait
Let flames lick your lungs…as your breath burns
Calmly the clock ticks along… and the wheels turn…
Now!… it’s your time, don’t wait another second
Lunge forward and hit hard… don’t miss a single shot
Now the fists fly again, with blinding might
Running the enemy to the ground in a flash of light
Gloriously victorious he gets up from the mess
The victor walks away… without looking back
~Richa
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December 5, 2008
My heart sinks and sinks lower
My brain is at a standstill, frozen over
Paralyzed with morose, I cannot think
But, I can’t afford this time I am losing
I have to go on, if I want to survive this trench
I take a deep breath, and dive in the deep end
Slowly the haze starts lifting from my mind
The wheels in my brain start moving again
I smile, looking back at my earlier state
First step had been the toughest one to take
Everything after that just led me on
On to the grail and far beyond
~Richa
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