I’m glad to announce the publication of my novel, “Yours Forever” by #Finger Print Publishing. Available through Amazon.in, https://www.amazon.in/Yours-Forever-Nimmu/dp/9387779661
Will be in Stores across India very soon.
Take my hand…
Come take my hand,
Let’s walk to the fringe of the society,
Where stigmas have been stepped over,
Where rules have been bended to fit,
Where the how to’s have been redefined.
Come take my hand,
Let there not be another morning filled with excuses,
For all the things that doesn’t feel right but forced upon us,
That we stay within bounds.
Come take my hand,
Let there not be another night filled with anguish,
That only your soul knows.
But you smile outwards so that you don’t ruffle feathers.
Come take my hand,
Let me lead you to the land of the bold,
Where the lions have walked with their heads held high
Where the warriors have strode towards what felt right.
Where the misfits have not molded themselves to the holes that fit tight.
Come take my hand,
For though the journey is hard and filled with strife,
On your death bed, you will smile!
Faith & Hope
At times of distress,
When life seems like one big mess
Like the view from behind a black shade
Where Everything looks bleak and grey
When getting out of bed seems like a hurculean task
And you feel like heading outside with a clowns mask
Keeping putting one foot before the other
And just tell yourself I’ll get thru this hour
For everyone, we’ve got only this day
Even when life seems all lovely we will never know how long it is there to stay
The miseries that are at your doorsteps
Are not tattooed onto your life forever
With just a dollop of faith and a grain of hope
Take a deep breath and calmly cope
For When you are on the other side, you will see
How this pain has broken something deeper within thee,
To bring forth light and discard the unnecessary.
So hold on don’t let go…
For another miracle is yet to unfold.
“U” is for Utopia
Thoughts
Do you take your thoughts seriously?
If so I can imagine how your life would be,
riddled with fear and anxiety
life feels like a horror film on eternity
But if you observe very carefully
They are like passing clouds floating endlessly
Dont believe them unnecessarily
For they are not what they seem to be.
Replace them with positivity
whenever it is necessary
Let them float across without touching thee
Being aware of the vicious cycle of negativity
You will see your life turnaround
to a future that is bright and unbound.
Resistance
Alarm goes off but my sleepy head wants to snooze some more,
“I am on a diet” I say, and instead stuff my mouth with some chocolate dripping smores
I know I need to exercise to keep healthy and fit
But the comfort of the couch is pain-free and I instead sit
Seeing paint and brushes, I yearn to make art
Remembering my childhood, I glow from my heart
Then I tell myself, It’s not like I’m Picasso, who is going to care.
It’s better to stay the same, instead of provoking glares.
And promise myself, that I will start afresh soon
It’s been twenty years, and I’m yet to find time to do the things I should do
Why is that I resist that which would make me feel good?
Is there a conspiracy again all my “Shoulds”?
I look on my shoulder and see an evil grin,
Telling me I finally found out my evil twin.
I nip him and put him in a box with a tight lid
And say to myself, that I will start today instead.
Steven Pressfield in his book “The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle” says there is a force just like gravity in this universe “Resistance” which restricts us from doing the work that we came here to do. It was nice to finally have a name for all the times, we have not done the things that we know that we should do, but never do it anyway. It comes in many forms he says, as Procrastination, lethargy, excuses and it is our job to recognize it and do that which our heart tells us to do. In the end, at least we are happier that we overcame resistance instead of feeling miserable about all the things we never did.
Prince Charming
Fairy tales read at bedtime
Told me of a Prince who would complete me in this lifetime
Held on to this dreams and looked out the window,
For the Prince to arrive and take away my sorrow.
Held on to the hope that my Prince would arrive,
And deliver me, from this prison of mine.
Held on to the fantasy that once the Prince enters,
I would be free from my dark tormentor.
My Prince did arrive, I thought I was finally saved
I sighed with relief that I got the love that I craved
Little did I know, that he was looking for the same
Someone to complete him – a dame who would take his name.
Disappointments took me on a quest for the question that still loomed
Why did I still feel incomplete? Am I doomed?
After all the searches the path led me back to me.
There was nothing that I lacked and I was whole and complete.
I was my savior and the answer to my questions in the end,
And my ‘Happily ever after’ began just then.
Choice…
Life and death a parenthesis in eternity
What I do in between is entirely left to me.
The circumstances that I was born into
Was exactly what I needed, for my soul to evolve consciously.
But where I went from there
Was the choice bestowed unto me.
I have the power, I have the choice
To make this place hell or a place to rejoice.
I could wallow in self-pity, blame others for my problem
and cry out at the injustice done unto me;
Or use the lessons that I learnt to help some other soul
Be a beacon of hope and guide them to their true North Pole.
Spread love instead of bitterness, forgive instead of spitefulness, be grateful and not complain.
Help me God to remember these choices and to live without disdain.
Busy Bees
My day is filled with tasks to be done
When you become an adult, there is no time for fun.
As busy as busy bee’s flying from flower to flower
I run like a chicken with its head on fire.
Laundry to wash
Dishes to load
Appointments to make
Even if I leave one task, I feel like my life is at stake.
With an endless list of things to do
“Being busy” has become my life’s main goal.
The chirp of birds catches my attention
Finally I walked out to the sun to ease my tension
Flowers blooming everywhere,
Emerald green grass dancing in the air,
Spring is here, and I finally see
That nature gets everything done without any hurry.
Life unfolds in silence beautifully.
Why do I then put myself in such a misery?
Let me put my legs up and smell the breeze
After all isn’t life made of these kinds of small memories?
Awake?
Seas filled with toxic dump,
Forests slayed to make more room,
Carbon spewed through the industrial pump
Making glaciers melt fast, pronouncing doom.
Hatred running rampant with her hair billowed in the breeze
People killed in the name of glory
Nuclear tensions rising with unease
Animals lives too are grim and gory
God are you awake? don’t you see, all that is happening in our planet which makes me weep.
Please wake up God, clear this mess I plead.
In the silence God whispered
I am awake
ARE YOU?
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