#hardtimes
just make it through this
one more day
one more hour
one more minute
one more second
come on,
just one more breath
you can do it
just make it through this
Aug 15, 2021
Aug 15, 2021 at 4:58 PM UTC
A tumultous storm is passing the valley
and I am stuck in the midst
nowhere to hide and nowhere to go.
I try to walk towards home with my rainbow coloured umbrella.
My abode on the hill nearby,
and an uphill task to go,
the gale is growing stronger
i just can't slow.
The heaven has been unfriendly
not answering to my prayers
I slipped a million times as He wanted me to scare.
The strong roots of the trees have held my hand firmly
not gushing me down
as a true friend in poverty.
The rain spoilt my umbrella, the seven colours faded
I faced the heavy drops as my parasol betrayed.
Toiling to crawl up
the rain was failing to stop me from going upstream,
the nimbus this time is ghastly than ever
but i will have to return to my dear ones
albeit bruised from head to toe,
none to hear my scream .
Both rain and me are bleary and had to pause now,
the firmament is clearing up with the sun, peeping through the clouds
and I am nearly near my hilltop house.
The sky was happy to see me alive and
gifted me my rainbow umbrella as return gift from above,
I tasted glory in the rainbow from the hilltop
and my abode.
Bina Mukherjee
May 1, 2021
May 1, 2021 at 9:16 AM UTC
it's so hard to find happiness
with everything going on.
we realize we took things
for granted while we had them.
so when something makes you
happy or excited,
enjoy it no matter
how small it may seem.
Mar 11, 2021
Mar 11, 2021 at 9:52 PM UTC
*********
hear the words from my beak
please
above the chatter and click
of these other feathered *****
as they plead for wheat, sans chaff
every single one of us
the same
except the stupid branch we’ve
ended up perched on,
early or not the worms are earmarked
and the **** always falls down
Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020 at 5:02 PM UTC
Hedge sparrows drink the sun
as it wanes
and the draining year passes
they still glean a family happiness
in spite of the closing dark,
a spite richly deserved
listen to their lead and chatter,
ruffle and preen together, apart
as hearts and feathers wait
Nov 22, 2020
Nov 22, 2020 at 7:28 AM UTC
Gangs came recruiting
Stirring up trouble
Our lives were a gamble
Lets run away
We moved south to Kentucky
Home-town got ******
Our home was unsafe
Childhood memories vanish away
We watch the news
& settled down
Saw people dying
All in the streets
Was once was Paradise, now turned into a ghost-town
Meanwhile,
Gangs came recruiting
Stirring up trouble
Our lives were a gamble
Lets run away
We moved south to Kentucky
Home-town got ******
Our home was unsafe
Childhood memories vanish away
Nov 2, 2020
Nov 2, 2020 at 10:43 PM UTC
Not sure how I'm feeling
Coping and dealing
Roping and reeling
In need of serious healing
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020 at 3:14 AM UTC
I know you care for me
And i care for you too
Even in hard times and
The good times we’ve been through
You’ve always been there
And I’ll be there too
Will never leave your side
Till the last day I’ll bide
Aug 2, 2020
Aug 2, 2020 at 7:10 AM UTC
I did wait
I am waiting
And I will for you till ages
W -watered eys
A- a second is like...years
I-I hope you will surely come back
T-tired heart
Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020 at 1:21 AM UTC
Today
I woke up
loving myself
Is what I say
when I don't
When
even the ground
is disappointed
by the footsteps
of my mind
When there is
that one cloud
that is
too fond of me
to let me see the sun
When the stormy seas
of my mind
crash
over the cliffs
of rational thoughts
I went for a swim today
The sea was rough
I made it
to the cliffs
It's sunny here
Jun 24, 2020
Jun 24, 2020 at 7:49 AM UTC
You try to escape,
You want it all to fade,
But it has always stayed.
At times you feel it has all gone,
And all those thoughts have finally decayed.
But it's not true,
Because now it is a part of you.
It has always been there in some corner of your mind,
Making you believe that you've left it behind.
But all it needs, is a moment to rise.
When you're a bit low, when you're in disguise,
Once again it will greet you with surprise.
But it's just a matter of time,
Depends on how well you let these thoughts sublime?
Because now it is a part of you,
And your past will always latch on to you.
But it was YOUR past,
Bright or dark,
Now it is your part.
So what matters is, are you that smart?
Have you decided to be its slave?
Ready to get brushed away by those terrible thoughts' wave?
And allow it to weaken all your faith?
It all depends on your call.
Rise above those horrors or let yourself fall?
And let it control you like a Voodoo doll?
Yeah, no!
That's not who you are!
Because deep down you know you have that power to control.
After all, it was YOUR past,
And there's no such thing that you can't surpass.
You just have to focus on the bright instead of dark.
I know it leaves a mark,
But you can always embark.
You don't need to be a prisoner of your past.
Let go of the rest,
Just keep those lessons it taught.
It may come back as it is a part of you,
But it is all on you,
As it all depends on what part you choose, to hold on to.
Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020 at 1:56 AM UTC
There were times
her heart ached so
she thought
she's crumbling to pieces
like a broken glass
made of pain and despair
Falling through the darkness
She wanted to cry
but no tears ever came
Should one even try
to play a lost game?
She wanted to scream
but only whisper echoed
Worse than a bad dream
a pilgrim on a ********* road
Jun 2, 2020
Jun 2, 2020 at 7:14 AM UTC
I weep for a friend
But I cannot mend
The feelings of hurt
Their tears on my shirt
But all this pain could not break them only bend
You poor thing
I wish I could stop the sting
But I am only a man
And will help as much as I can
So on me all your burdens do fling
When you are weak
And it is shelter you seek
Find a place in me
And I hope to be
A place you may rest throughout the week
So in times of need
When others hurt you with many a deed
You can come and cry
And never will you have to say goodbye
For it is I, who for you, would bleed
Come now
And please allow
For me to help
For this is heartfelt
For my desire is to help some how...
Just give me a way
And I will stay all day
Don’t worry about others
They have their mothers
In the end it will be okay
I’ll hold you so close
You’re stronger then most
I’ll be here for you
As long as you want me to
Through it all I’ll be as stable as a post
All for a friend
That I hope to mend
All for their sake
Would I put all at stake
For I know what it is like to be at your wits' end.
Mar 25, 2020
Mar 25, 2020 at 12:58 PM UTC
This life
It’s like a constant wishing
A constant waiting
For something
I am not sure I desire
This hole inside me
Or maybe
I am the hole itself
A tornado
Gushing
Never settling
No one comes near me
To see my insides
Or do they?
Until they dive
Until they strive
And till —they die
Who am I?
What do I need?
How do I feel?
Pacing
Back and forth
Withering without growth
I am fading away
Like cigarette smoke
An old joke
Jan 5, 2020
Jan 5, 2020 at 1:28 PM UTC
You.
You mean so much
to me,
to the world,
to my heart,
to everyone around us
so everytime we part…
I’m at a loss,
without you,
without the one I want to protect the most,
the one I feel with, not for,
because I feel it with my all,
like its my own,
with you,
like you are home.
I worry about us
I really do
because I put my all inside of you.
I do this a lot, I find-
with the women that get me in a bind.
but this is different,
because you are you,
you are male,
you are a best friend,
one with whom I just never want to see the end…
usually, I know it’s not far
I know I will last
reunited by the New Year’s star.
but this time is different,
because of you,
because I know you are hurting,
I know you are far,
I want to protect you,
and give you my all.
I’m scared of the time
the time to think on my own
to worry
and wonder
and miss my “You” home.
for now,
I will wait
I will see you again
but I can’t stop the hurting
I can’t not miss my friend.
Nov 30, 2019
Nov 30, 2019 at 6:12 PM UTC
Eloquent lair,
esteemed and influential.
Spreading disasters
that make me mental.
Not about this repetition.
Locking me in a finite position.
With a moderate delay,
reinforcements arrive.
Reminding me that it is alright to thrive.
Maturing at a healthly pace.
Hoping to survive it all with grace.
Aug 19, 2019
Aug 19, 2019 at 8:28 PM UTC
You can be a boulder,
Unmoveable, hard, stoic;
But every stone is permeable,
And the water gets in
To make the rock sand...
Soft, malleable,
With indistinguishable grains.
I know others who swim
Against adversity to spawn in the current.
They believe destination is destiny;
Focussed, driven with tunnel vision.
Some face adversity like a roller-coaster.
When things are going north, all is good;
But they throw up their arms and scream
When going south.
I will catch the west wind,
Change course if necessary,
Tack across the white caps of roiling waters.
I will steer the rudder towards my East.
Jul 26, 2019
Jul 26, 2019 at 9:46 AM UTC
No one
knows
the pain
hidden
behind eyes
Shining
so bright
No one
knows
the tears
leaking
From creases
when
nobody’s around
Watching
Apr 15, 2019
Apr 15, 2019 at 12:18 AM UTC