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Creative and otherwise
Most delicious muse
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Helen
we met
we married
we loved
we died
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Sharina Saad
She...
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Sharina Saad
She stood there alone
silent, still
with a curve on her lips
ready to ****
with a tilt on her hips
she smiled
shy, reserved
as she turned to look away
as abruptly as champagne was served
the crowd filled in
she didn't wait nor stay
She went away
as swiftly...
she 's like the wind...
 Jun 2014 Shivam
K Balachandran
I was sold to pain
in a slave market
that  didn't  look like one,
auctioned by a civilized crowd
of people just like you and me
in everyday life,
posing as my comrades, acolytes or lovers.
I stood firm on my ground
unrelenting even in pain's intimidation
and said, what  Valmiki
                 the first poet found,
        "Grief gushes out in verse"
                                 and I sing
                                        alone.
Poet Valmiki, according to Indian tradition, wrote the first epic poem "Ramayana" in Sanskrit  millenniums ago,  known as Adi Kavya(first poem) .Adi Kavi(First poet) Valmiki,  uttered his first verse in anguish without even realizing it as a new form of expression.He saw a cruel hunter killing the male among a pair of doves making love, oblivious of the world."Hunter, don't.." gushed out the anguish in the form of verse..the first ever. The theme extended in to the story of King Rama's life and the grief he embraces to remain a ruler true to his subjects.
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Meenu Syriac
The dusk with its setting sun
Hanging low upon the seaside.
Rising tides, promises of forgotten nights.
The sky, with an orange hue, graying.
The distant rumble of an oncoming storm
The wind picking up speed,
Steadily climbing to its zenith.
And here I stand facing the world,
A life starting to take its toll.
In a while, the waves will rise,
Rise and engulf the shore.
And here I'll be, right where you left me.
Hope, setting low as the sun.
And in these waters I will drown,
Willingly, blissfully saying my last vows.
In this rain, you won't see me cry
In this storm, I'll say my last goodbye.

And another life bids farewell,
Not having waited long enough,
*For the rising sun.
I - Choose to forget,
Choose to remember
Things from my life's history
So as to think "That's [my] Life.", someday.
And what If, Life chose to forget me one day?
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Nikoline
Untitled
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Nikoline
when you feel as
useless
as a white crayon

all you have
to do
is to find
that someone

who prefers
black paper
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Shiloh
Possesion.
 Jun 2014 Shivam
Shiloh
As I gaze upon you, reading in the sun
The wind in your hair making me wish I could run my fingers through
Grab you closer, but I'm far away, too unseen
Wishing I could help you with everything that makes you...

There is no need to claim you, make you my own
Forever in the background, twisting my tongue
With words unspoken and one single tear
All I wish is to be in your atmosphere.
It was like we were two old friends
Sharing insights on a shiny green lawn.
We would come here again, I knew
In our own red garments and tasseled hats.
All I know is that
As you smiled so genuinely I found
There was no one I would rather see the end of adolescence with.
We are kindred spirits, you and I.
ehh~
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