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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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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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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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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is it so easy to share one’s happiness, but so hard to share one’s sorrows?

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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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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I have been buried under work and social obligations for the past few weeks. And that is my only pathetic excuse for not having any presence in this space.  But honest reasons always sound pathetic.  

Apologies to everyone.  I am a mean lazy person.  I just couldn’t find the strength or the time to log on to my blog.

But today when I resurfaced here after almost 3 weeks I was surprised by the new interface that WordPress has gifted to us.  I love it! Its so much more organized… Thank you WordPress team!

Yesterday I aged another year (I hope like fine wine).

This time it was an interesting day, started by a lazy morning spent sleeping, an all you can eat lunch with ‘Free Beer’, an amusement park for my son, a bad eye poke as a birthday gift (by my own son) ! And loads and loads of friends calling in to wish me.

Thank you GOD! Not bad I must say. Interesting day indeed.

Next year I won’t mind a repeat performance.

Although GOD, it will be much appreciated if you leave the ‘eye poking’ incident out, next year!

I wept because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet…