He sat there solemnly,
With a piece of paper and his lucky pen,
Burning candles till dawn
Not a word yet in his mind,
The paper blank.
He opened his window to let in the fresh morning breeze,
He saw the sun rise slowly,
The sky blissful and blushing,
The birds chirping in their nests,
The butterflies fluttering around the morning dew petals,
Blossoming to the morning glory.
His thudding heart bloomed too,
Handcuffs unlocked,
Brimming with an ocean of emotions,
Filling the mind with lyrical words and thoughts,
And out poured from his soul the most beautiful poetry.
27/1/2021

on Valentine's Day
blushing, old hubby presents wife
with a pretty nighty.
26/1/2021

As I stepped out of the front door to meet my fiance,
The cheeky full moon followed me,
Hiding behind clouds,
Blushing sweetly.
It lighted my senses,
Magic touched my soul,
The sky blissful.
My fiance and I agreed to have a romantic dinner under the enticing  moonlight,
Feeling love for each other over and over.
26/1/2021

One piece is missing in my love life
You
25/1/2021

Apart from yourself don't trust anyone completely,
Cause even shadows desert us in darkness.
25/1/2021.

At three to four months,
Never try for an abortion,
The foetus is now a human being,
It has a SOUL
24/1/2021

My worst regret in life,
Which still hurts the most,
Is sending my children for further studies abroad.
They NEVER  came back,
Got married and settled there,
Leaving me bereft of their closeness,
And joy of grandchildren.
24/1/2021

Life is an adventurous journey,
Time is limited,
Use it wisely along the way,
Death is the end of your road,
Destination reached.
23/1/2020

He was sure he would change me after marriage,
After thirty years he is more myself than I am.😉
22/1/2020

Make the eye laugh when it is about to cry,
Give a bit of your heart and not a piece of your mind,
Share happiness with your laughter and not drown in sorrow
Lighten other's heart with your smile,
Be a candle in their darkness,
Share all the love you have in You.
22/1/2021

At two boutiques my husband holds my arm tightly,
Distracts and steers me away,
Handbags and shoes.
22/1/2021

I thought air was free,
Until I was kept on ventilator in the hospital,
And saw the bill on being released.
22/1/2021.

Dadi in Gujarati means grandmother,
Father''s mother
And daddy is father pronounced the same.
When my granddaughter was four she refused to call me Dadi,
Insisting her daddy was my son.
Tears swelled in her eyes,
So I pacified her,
I told her I was her daddy's mother so she could call me Dadima.
So I am Dadima to my son's children,
And  Nanima to my daughter's  children.
21/1/2021

Distance makes the heart grow fonder,
But in any relationship don't stretch the distance so that like a rope it breaks.
21/1/2021

When my phone battery is at 3%
panic sets in ,
This is how I react.
"Please love don't die,
Nothing will happen to you,
I won't let anything happen to you,
Hold on,
Don't close your eyes.
20/1/2021

The setting Sun,
An empty beach,
Sand on my ****
Waves kissing and tingling my feet,
Gulping wild salty air.,
Nothing but happiness.
20/1/2021

A woman tried to shoo away a whinning mosquito from her ears,
The mosquito landed on her neck and bit her,
"Be warned lady, my bite is worse than my buzz.
20/1/2021

Tick tok tick  tok....~~~~~~......
Hold it if you can
19/1/2021

My ego burst during lockdown,
My wife is a housewife,
I bring home a fat salary,
The breadwinner.
I felt my wife did little at home,
And I complained all the time demanding attention.
All that changed when I stayed at home during lockdown,
I realised being a homemaker is a multitask,
A 24/7 job with no leave or bonuses,
Why my children are so close to their mother than me,
Her gifts their hugs and laughter and sometimes praise from me,
I respect my wife's  career and am glad for lockdown.
19/1/2021

I saw the stars in your eyes,
And one shone through your heart,
FOR ME
19/1/2021

Not the Pyramids of Egypt nor The Taj Mahal,
But
To touch and feel,
To hear,
To see
To smell
To taste
Laughter
And above all LOVE
18/1/2021

Life is a journey from Allah to Allah,
When and where you  travel is your destiny,
How you tackle it will be your test and trials.
18/1/2021

dangling between stone
the sun flower smiles and nods
at the rising sun.
17/1/2021

I asked for a banana,
You gave me a big, red and juicy apple.
16/1/2021

As a child mother fed me what she thought was best for me,
I had no choice though I sometimes rebelled.
As a youth I tasted platefuls, with varieties ,
My food, my choice.
In middle age I was mostly on diet,
Nibbled my food and exercised,
After all I wanted to stay youthful.
Now in old age my dear daughter-in-law  is strict with my diet
I have no choice,
But if you see a light in our fridge it is me looking for that sweet something.
16/1/2021

When I follow my heart,
It leads me to you,
But when I follow my stomach,
It leads me to the fridge
To top it when we have visitors which is often,
It really matters what is left inside

To know more about a woman,
Browse into her handbag.
15/1/2021

Words spoken by my teenage daughter,
Just because I am strict and not easy on her.
My love,you haven't a clue,
Why I am ******* you,
For the path you have taken,
I have already trodden.
Don't be angry on the lines I draw,
I hope you will in time understand me so.
Don't judge me dear,
Where you are heading is what I fear.
To stop you heading the wrong path I must my child,
Less you turn wild.
14/1/2021

An old man had three sons,
All selfish and self centred,
Their wives sailed in the same boat,
They kept the old man in the hope of inheriting his fortune,
They had heard the old fellow mentioning about it to his friend,
A clever ruse so the children would not send him into a Home.
On his death bed the old man's last words were"I have hidden one million dollars under the........
They are still looking for it.
13/1/2020

Every moment life teaches you a thing or two,
Even you can learn something from an idiot.
13/1/2021

A mother is like a beautiful bouquet of  colourful flowers ,
Whose sweet fragrance spreads around the whole house.
13/1/2021

Cinderella lost her shoe and married a prince,
If you lose yours at midnight you are drunk
12/1/2021

Helps me to reduce my frustrations and calm me.
12/1/2020

You gave me your heart,
But you're still caged in your own thoughts.
12/1/2021

She is as beautiful as sunset,
Her cheeks two peaches,
With brown eyes like melting chocolate,
And a smile like glowing sunshine.
Kind and loving,
A look at her would remind you of a fragile flower,
But that is her facade,
She is a woman of power and great inner strength,
Hardworking and self dependent,
She is a fragile bomb.
11/1/2021

Is like a drop of oil in water,
Always will float on top.
11/1/2021

Before I go to sleep,
I beg Allah to let me see the new dawn,
To widen my grave after I die.
11/1/2021

She went offline after sending him emoji of several kisses,
He did not sleep the whole night thinking constantly of her luscious lips on his.
10/1/2021

Before you act or speak ask yourself,
"Is it necessary? "
9/12/2020

The number of followers you have on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram does not make you any better,
Jesus had only 12.
9/12/2021

My older brother is most handsome,
The one younger than him is a sportsman.
Then come my two sisters,
The elder is confidant and best cook,
People crave for her dishes,
The second is most beautiful.
They have swooped all the good traits of our parents,
I am left with nothing,
Neither looks nor talents,
A speck in a crowd,
Someone told me to be just myself,
And I am happy whatever I am.
6/1/2020

She asked me for a rose,
When she herself was a beautiful rose by the name Rose.

Till today I can never forget,
A teenager's ego,
I should have let go.
A bet to make you fall in love with me and then leave you,
The opposite would happen I never knew,
You left me instead heartbroken. 😭💔
5/1/2020

Slogged all his life,
To give us a good life.
4/1/2020

Whenever my brother and I as kids wanted a second helping grandmother was there to fill the plate,
And if we were grounded she would sneak food into our room.
If something needed to be repaired by dad mum would tell grandmother,
The job sure got done the same day.
We too used grandmother for things we needed dad to buy for us.
Dad adored his mum,
For him she was his temple,
And grandma only wanted us to be a happy family,
She treated mum as her own daughter.
Grandmother had her gentle ways,
Her beautiful smile and her kind words captured your heart,
You could not deny her anything.
4/1/2021

Never die,
They live on in their children's hearts and memories,
Their children carry with them their genes,
It may be in their beauty,a gesture or a talent,
Some can be a reflection of their parents.

I had everything,
EXCEPT TIME

2/1/2021

She is the flower,
Who I want to see grow and bloom.
2/1/2021

Just returned from the bathroom the fourth time.
2/1/2021.

I had everything,
To enjoy what I had,
EXCEPT TIME

2/1/2021