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Chaitra Navratri- celebrated at the onset of spring.
Marking of 'Hindu New Year ' .

It's a Nine day festival which culminates in Ram Navami , celebration of birth of Lord Ram .

Goddess Shakti is worshipped in nine forms on nine days schedule, according to the Hindu calendar.

Popular in North Indian households.
People usually hold fast on nine days with offerings to the Goddess
to bring peace ,happiness, good health and prosperity!!

It marks the victory of good over evil !!
The festival starts today ,
28th March and will end on 5th April .

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

How Heavy The Days

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

Hermann Hesse

How Heavy The Days

How heavy the days are.
There's not a fire that can warm me,
Not a sun to laugh with me,
Everything bare,
Everything cold and merciless,
And even the beloved, clear
Stars look desolately down,
Since I learned in my heart that
Love can die.

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

The Poet

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

Sjr1000

The Poet

he won't shut up
when he's around
he wants to write everything
keeps on formulating phrases
hallucinating
couches into flying carpets
swearing that he's seen
the ground from the sky

The Poet
we never know what he's doing -
turning black sheep
into heaven
he's stuck on the inside
looking out

The Poet
he won't shut up
but when I really need him
he's no where to be found

when he wants what
he wants
in these poems of his
I know I'll wind up
embarrassed humiliated and forlorn

The Poet
when he's around
he won't shut up
he keeps going on and on

And when he's gone
Silence.

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

Undone

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

AnActualToaster

Undone

I deleted every line
That said I ever loved you
Regretted every song
That I had ever wrote you
I can't possibly erase them
They're all a part of me
Reminders of a bad decision
Yeah, that sounds like me
My heart just full of stupid
My head just full of dumb
My works just full of love
And now it's all undone.

And I hate myself with each one I find again.

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words, I can't express enough how happy I am that I actually made Daily poem <3

#love #regret #stupid #you #undone

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

Yeah I like plants now..

Mar 2017 claudia burdick

Solaces

Yeah I like plants now..

Yeah I like plants now..
I notice other peoples plants in their yard and find myself asking them one evening " what kind of plant is that?" The conversation carries on and we talk about things I never cared about. Turns out, The things I don't care about are a lot more intersting than the things I do.. I decide to grow some roses in my front yard and they bloom in the spring and sometimes in the fall. Turns out I have what they call a green thumb.. I have the most beautiful roses in town.. I find myself driving a lot slower. Even when im in my Corvette.. I drive slow hoping this ride will last forever.. I use to drive fast everywhere.. But driving slow gets you there better.. Even if there is no place at all.. I find myself going to small towns more.. Just passing through makes my soul feel better.. Sometimes I stop and walk some random sidewalk.. Under the sun in some small town I have never been to. So don't be scared to grow a plant, don't be scared to slow down, and don't be scared to go to a random small town.. Life is to fast.. Theres no need to try and get ahead of it.. Just ride with it and see a lot more even if your in one place..

Just passing by

#life #fast #slow #plants

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