Paint me a picture
Of your skin
Does it bronze beneath the sun?
Or sizzle and blush
Like your cheeks
When you’re in love?
Is it soft to the touch
Like when your palms graze
The smooth surface of water?
Or rough around the edges
Like your favorite book
And its lovingly worn corners?
Does it melt in the heat
Like sweet syrupy treats
Dripping through your fingers?
Or does it welcome the winter
With wide open arms
As if greeting a lover?
Paint me a picture
Of your skin

मैं भारतवर्ष की बेटी हूं
अपने फैसले खुद लेने के लिए
हमेशा से ही‌ तरसती हूं ।
जमाने ने बहुत दिए सितम मुझे
कभी बना कर गांधारी
आजीवन लाद दी मुझ पर
मेरे पति की लाचारी
कभी बना कर द्रोपदी
जुए में दांव पर लगा दी
कभी मोरध्वज राजा की कहानी सुना
आजीवन अयोग्य संग बांध दी
सीता,सावित्री, अनुसूया के नाम पर 
   मैं कितनी ही बार मर मिटी हूं।
अपने फैसले खुद लेने के लिए
हमेशा से ही‌ तरसती हूं ।

सामाजिक परम्पराओं के नाम पर
अनगिनत बार मैं छली गई
जमीन, जायदाद और बराबरी
के अधिकारों से वंचित रखी गई
मैं हूं नदी, न रुकने वाला सफर हूं 
चाहे रास्ते कितने भी पथरिले हों
घिस - घिस कर अनुकूल बनाती गई
फिर भी दुनिया के पत्थर दिलों पर
मेरी बराबरी की बात जंचती ही नही
अब तो जमाने की रफ्तार समझो
‌ बराबरी का अधिकार दे दो
बालिका दिवस के नाम पर ही सही
आज तो दिल से यह वचन दे दो
         हिम्मत है तो संबल दो
         झूठी दिलासाओं से तो पहले ही टूटी‌ हूं
         अपने फैसले खुद लेने के लिए
          हमेशा से ही तरसती हूं।।

It is in Hindu mythology
Shiva is the god of immortality
Today is Mahashivratri
Marking it as marriage anniversary
of lord shiva and goddess Parvati
Day is celebrated with
worship of Lord Shiva
by fasting ,meditation
and performing yoga
Night is spent keeping awake
and singing devotional songs
to receive great compassions
What a nice ritual of
detoxification in India
With so much fun fair
and scientific idea.

Every morning
I go on a walk alone
At six I see
Some thirty boys
in red sweaters
of a destitute home
Playing in the park
they are real morning sparks
and real red roses
having all kinds
of piercing thorns around
Still they always
beaming with all smiles
and making milieu
witty and wise
Showing that
happiness does not
come from wealth
but it comes from
positive thoughts
and fighting
against all odds.

I watch you smile for the last time
Your fragile heart is growing still
With tear soaked eyes
I place my lips upon your brow to say goodbye
One final breath and then you’re gone
I look to the sky about to see you off
Across the line your soul has passed
Through darkness into light
You take your place in galaxy of stars
And it fills my heart with loving joy as
You ascend to Heaven’s Gates above

As a mom..
you always need to be prepared
As a mom ..
you need to make sure your expressions are well read.
As a mom ..
you need your baby well fed.
As a mom..
lack of tissues is a subject of dread.
As a mom..
less is always more said.

Flayed and tattered,
Torn and shattered,
Bruised and battered,
Never mattered.

Self-invocation,
Self-immolation,
Self-molestation
No consolation.

Bridges burned,
Lovers spurned,
Disgrace earned,
Nothing learned.

Heart conflicted,
Soul afflicted,
Self-inflicted,
Contradicted.

Hard discipline,
But genuine,
The only sin
Is giving in.