Sunday, November 19, 2023

19. Laughter

 


Laughter refreshes me,

I can laugh well and heard,

Humor is a part of my life,

In laughter, I let down my guard.

 

All humor is well taken,

Sarcastic humor let loose,

There’s slapstick comedy

That fails to laughter effuse.

 

Laughter used to bind us,

Those little sparks dulled,

Over the years, with age.

Still, the bond of laughter is unequalled.

 

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

18. Rest

 


Growing up where I did,

Resting was frowned upon,

Everyone kept on working,

To dusk from the start of dawn.

 

You can have a pause

Briefly, to catch your breath,

Then, you snap out of it,

To keep at it, was the strength.

 

 

A guilt still haunts me,

When I sit, doing nothing.

Unlearning those lessons,

From my brin, been sloughing.


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Friday, November 17, 2023

17. Animals

 


While very bonded I am,

I crave connections too,

But pets and animals,

For me, doesn’t do any ado.

 

I admire them from afar,

I smile at others’ joys,

I can’t own one for me,

No matter what the ploys.

 

I am fond of baby elephants,

To revel in the nature

Don’t bring one near me,

But, I can’t of me, denature.

Thursday, November 16, 2023

16. Music

 


While I lack in talent,

Of musical aspirations,

Avidly, I listen and track,

The myriad of compositions

 

I can sway in joy,

And, cry copious tears,

I relish the trips into

The past many years.

 

A feeling of tranquility,

That envelops me,

There’s nothing like music,

That can set me free.

 

Unlike the fake listeners.

I don’t gesture and extol,

My music, like everything else,

Is deep within my soul.


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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

15. Emotions

 


A slew of emotions

Are floating about

My brin is like a

Forever inside-out.

 

Regret to hurt, with sadness,

Then followed by gratitude,

I talk my brain into joy,

While the sadness remains stewed.

 

There are days when I feel,

The brain within hurts,

Emotions overwhelm,

And information amerces.


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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

14. Love

 


Love is my strength,

I love deep and hard,

Even when my heart is broken,

I love with the shards.

 

I don’t have any hate,

I don’t hold a grudge,

Forgiveness is my crown,

My path is a hard one to trudge.

 

Battered by the storms of life,

I still hold my head up high,

There shall never be a day,

When my love will go dry.


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Monday, November 13, 2023

13. Kindness

 


If you cut me open, you will

Find kindness in abundance,

Every cell in my body is

In generosity, an indulgence.

 

I never want for me,

I seek to forever give,

Kind, I know I can be

My heart is like a sieve.

 

Everyone who crosses my way,

Gets a dusting of my big heart,

I don’t force it upon me though,

Of my being, it is just a part.


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Sunday, November 12, 2023

12. Beauty

 


In the eyes of the beholder,

It always is abstract,

While in some, it creates joy,

In others, it distracts.

 

I never was in the reckoning

For the tag of ‘beautiful’

I like me, and how I look,

What I thin, is irrefutable.

 

More of it, I see around me,

In nature, in things and

Occasionally, in the people around.

Beauty, its worth is panned.


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Saturday, November 11, 2023

11. Memories

 


I am unique, on of a kind,

Memories keep me alive,

Remember, I do a lot,

And the mind is on an overdrive.

 

There’s none better to remember

Than my grandmother and me,

But, the curse of the fate,

The brain cells are now debris.

 

Each of my possessions have

A memory associated to it,

I love how it makes me

And brings up those tidbits.

 

Songs, I hear, too have events.

That are tagged along with them

Words, melody and lyrics,

Brings smiles or tears, therefrom.


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Thursday, November 9, 2023

9. Friendship

 


I guard me like a bulldog,

I value my privacy a great deal,

I don’t crave for attention

Fame doesn’t have great appeal.

 

A circle of few, a tight fistful,

That’s all I have to call mine.

I listen well to one and all

But, to hardly any. My heart aligns.

 

I believe that no one cares,

My lack of self-esteem tricks me,

I consider myself a burden,

And, that is my insecurity spree.


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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

8. Health

 


My ancestry is a blessing

With great genes I began

The common ailments of many

Isn’t seen in my clan.

 

In great shape, I am

There are no complaints

All I seek for, strive to,

Is for my mind to restrain

 

In constant state of gloom,

An apprehensive angst,

That’s been how I am

Clutched in misery’s pangs.


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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

7. Creativity

 


A day without engaging

In something out of routine

Something to spark some joy,

A day’s worth is demeaned

 

A poem here, a painting there,

A craft session, be it online

A dream of mine, a soul space

For my pursuits, a shrine.

 

The dearth of talent that I have

I make up for it, by count

Completion is now my goal

And, to be in peace is surmount.


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Monday, November 6, 2023

6. Time

 


A blob of time, is all I want

With her, him and them

The people who I want most

From whim I stemmed

 

Precious moments captured

In between life’s grind

The smiles, the memories

Within my mind, now confines.

 

Holding the bull by the horns

The moments are fleeing,

House are long, days fly

Times again are a repeating.

Sunday, November 5, 2023

5. Quotes

 


Quotes are my crutches,

That prop me at all times,

I live through them

I seek strength betimes.

 

Through them, I strive

To solve and salve mt despair

In them, I find answers,

Through them, I say a prayer.

 

Cliched quotes they may be

But, this moment is key,

When they fall into place,

I hold on to that in glee.



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Saturday, November 4, 2023

4. Work

 


Work is my bread and butter,

And, at one point, my identity.

I slowly detached to ease,

And, seek some serenity.

 

A career, I am not sure.

But paychecks, I did secure,

A life devoid of hardships,

And, stability was an allure.

 

Now, in times of turbulence

This gives me unwavering support

When everything falls apart,

My work, holds up the fort.

 

Some kindness, some strength

A lots of ups and some downs

While others pelt me with hurt

My work hands me flower crowns.


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Friday, November 3, 2023

3. Optimism

 


Everything around me feels

Heavy to carry today

I write like there’s no tomorrow

To will my fears away.

 

I hold in my hand,

A glass half full

While society makes me believe.

It is barely a spoonful.

 

I am my own strength

I hold me up, when I fall

I have my own circle,

They are at my beck and call.

 

With all these about me,

I never project my woes.

Upon anyone else ever,

Then, the others, I repose.


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Thursday, November 2, 2023

2. Nature

 


Rains refresh me today,

There’s a lingering mist

I close my eyes tight

And breathe in the air.

 

The droplets on me are few,

A sudden chill pervades

Ther tiredness melts away

The heart feels light.

 

While there is a nip

In the autumn air

The warmth within

Slowly rejuvenates.

 

Like nature, I learn,

To rest, let go, release

All that’s not essential

For later, when I can



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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

1. Self care



While the world around

My small abode burns

I seek solace in myself

A moment where I can ease

The night knows only

Discontent and doubt.

 

The unveiled eyes are wet

A gaze held captive

With the remorse of love

And burden of regrets

I close my eyes slowly

Breathe deeply once.

 

I feel it leave me

The toxic shroud that

Envelops my days

A beseeching cry I’d let out

Peace, peace and peace

Which is all I seek

  


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Friday, October 27, 2023

27. Beast

 


A beastly burden I carry

One that can’t be put down,

There is no respite for the weary,

The seeds of bondage are sown.

 

Slowly gnawing at my core,

Physically wearing me out,

The soul silently cries within

While I prepare for a rout.

 

While they want me to give up

I still clutch on to hope,

I seek a better tomorrow,

And, I refuse to sit and mope.

Thursday, October 26, 2023

26. Remove

 


A façade they put on,

Others are blissfully unaware

The virtuousness is nauseating,

Feigned friendliness is their snare.

 

Slowly, as you break through

The many layers of pretense

They push back in defiance,

Abandoning you, without recompense.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

25. Dangerous

 


A dangerous game we play,

While the demons within, we slay.

They raise their ugly heads,

And, the incurable disease spreads.

 

Anxiety manifests in ways,

And, many opinions it sways,

We do, what we don’t intend

And, sometimes, we can’t mend.

 

Still we play with the fire,

And risk catching the others’ ire.

We still hazard a chance,

And, in peril, we menace.

Monday, October 23, 2023

23. Celestial

 

Navigating upon a star

May not get me there,

But, there’s an ethereal sense

Of order in your affairs.

 

My life is charted out,

The moment of my first cry.

While we steer out days,

Celestials prevent it from going awry.

 

There planets say who I become

The stars decide my ways,

It is also predestined,

How I shall while away my days.

 

A thirteen ear old said,

“this is your destiny”

Both of you shall serve me

Until end of eternity.

Sunday, October 22, 2023

22. Scratch

 


The constant abrasion of days,

Grazed perpetually by negativity,

The body begins to show signs.

Curbing the daily productivity.

 

There seems to be no solution,

The weary have no rest.

One fine day, it will be the end.

And, there shall be none to attest.

 

The burden of everything,

While one person carries,

The others rest and watch,

Trying to become adversaries.

Thursday, October 19, 2023

19. Plump

 


A plump and plucky kid,

She never was before,

While fate dealt her blows,

The body kept score.

 

A few ounces more she felt,

Was enough to drown in sorrow,

But then the realization came

That nothing can remove the furrows.

 

Every human thus copes,

With the many a battle grind,

Hers is not theirs to judge,

Everyone’s is their own to mind.

Monday, October 16, 2023

16. Angels

 


Angels are all around me,

If I don’t find one, I be so,

A pure soul, with joy,

To keep my faith aglow.

 

A random word of cheer,

Is my angel looking out,

When they can’t be everywhere

A kinder new one will sprout.

 

When I am in need of one,

There’s an angel standing by

I am surrounded by them,

There are my constant ally.

 

My angel is within me,

Egging me on through the days,

The black and bleary seasons

Gets cheered up in umpteen ways.

Sunday, October 15, 2023

15. Dagger

 


I have a dagger in my back

That was placed by the one,

The one who shall not be names,

It was not to be undone.

 

The cloak and dagger game,

I play every day with them,

Walking in eggshells too,

Slowly has me going numb.

 

Cynical, I am turning out,

Empathy leaving my veins.

There’s nothing worse than

Surrendering my reins.

Saturday, October 14, 2023

14. Castle

 


Someone lives in a castle

Dreaming of prince charming,

Shackled she’s to her misery,

Within her own, she’s squirming.

 

Grandiose dream she allures,

While staying within her well

Giving up her distress

Would mean no sufferer label

 

Envious of all the others,

While nurturing the evil inside.

Only joy she begets is,

When everyone does her bide.

 

There's no remedy for such

Other than to rot in hell,

Even there she’d find another

To take over her death knell.

Thursday, October 12, 2023

12. Spicy

 

 

A life with flavors many

That everyone seeks to live,

I am pursuing peace

And, the feeling of being alive.

 

There are one too many

Creating a thorn in the eye

No matter what I want

Only option is to comply.

 

A place to eat isn’t my choice

A dish off the menu, neither

There’s also the spice level

Even that I have to tither.

 

Sunday, October 8, 2023

8. Toad

 


A frog in the pond existence

I wasn’t leading yet

Until I associated with some

Unmentionables, I began to abet.

 

A toad’s world of monotony

Is what I am deigned to live in

Whatever the world holds for me

This is on spiral, that pulls in.

 

A slow life toward death,

That is the ultimate fate,

No matter what I seem to do

All I get is continually berated.

 

A way out from this situation

A respire from this constant hell

There seems to be none,

This is my death knell.

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

4. Dodge

 

Life is a series of

Unfortunate events,

But, the key is to

Manage the rents.

 

Dodging bullets,

One after another

Is the path to exist

Live fully, I’d rather

 

Sidestepping won’t do

Avoidance isn’t the way,

Take the bull by the horns,

And, not let opinions sway.

 

Life is short, make it sweet.

Mindfully to live is a feat.

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

3.Path

 


A fork in my life arrived,

I choose the less trodden

Of sanity, my mind is deprived

With tears, the road is sodden.

 

A path riddled in chaos,

Created by a toxic stirrer,

With not an ounce of pathos,

Unleashed the reign of terror.

 

I trace back to the branch

Retracing life in a time loop,

If universe gave carte blanche

My lost years, I will recoup.

Monday, October 2, 2023

2. Spider

 

I have fallen into

An intricately woven,

And an inextricable,

Spider web of cozen.

 

Paddling uncontrollably

Each step pulls me in,

Further into the depth,

Of the abyss within.