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  Sep 2014 Camellia-Japonica
amrutha
Would you blame the stars for burning?
Would you blame the ocean if you drowned?
Would you get mad at the clouds for being so high?
Would you blame me for walking into a forest fire?
Take my hand, as we walk this terrain.
To the place where upon a branch a woman was hanged.
For stealing grain to make bread, ensuring that her children fed.
Look upwards, crane your head, a woman killed for baking bread.
Now, take my hand and look overland, where grains of sand make up this barren land. From barren life hanging in a tree, to barren sand eroded by sea, come to me. Come away child.
Let's build a sand castle and forget the fear in grains and sand.
© JLB
14/09/2014
02:03 BST
Yes I laugh. Yes I smile.
But deep down I cry all the while.
Yes people like me. Yes, some love me.
But deep inside I want to shout go away.
Yes, I look sane (whatever that may be)
Yes, I look happy, not in pain.
But, happiness and pain share one thing, tears.
Tears of joy, tears of sadness. One and the same.
I cannot differentiate anymore.
Do you think some people are just born Eeyores? I do. I'm one.
If you always start low there's nowhere to fall.
So, who am I?
I'm a lie.
© JLB
13/9/2014
15.23 BST
Re absorption of Summer into Autumn.
Time to reflect on the hot sunny days
now turning to a crisp cold gold.
Last of colour before a blanket
of white.
© JLB
12/09/2014
09:50 BST
Her
I hate her.
I loathe her.
I despise her.
I abhor her

Detest, execrate, am repelled by her.

I am aggravated by her breathing.
I am repulsed by her being.
I am dominated by my hate for her.
I am filled with hatred for hating her.

*I humiliate myself by hating her, but it feels good
These are my feelings towards my mother in law.
© JLB
12/09/2014
00:25 BST
Within the cloistered silence, a whisper is heard.
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I love you.
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Who spoke those words?
Why did I hear them?
Were they meant for me?
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I love you.
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Deep in the silence they ring as loud as a bell.
Calling to those who need to know that they are loved.
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I whispered those words.
I whispered to my heart.
I whispered and it became a shout.
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Three words that take a lifetime of forever to understand,and believe.
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Pious thunderous silence follow those words,when you believe your whisper.
.
© JLB
10/09/2014
19:07 BST
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