Play along.

We are
falling now
in the kind of loves
that allow us
to like ourselves.
Just a little.
And all our dreams
are being dreamt by
wakeful, watchful eyes.
And so,
what we are living now
are mere travesties
of what could've been
our lives. 

The Miracle

Motherhood. It must know

no shame, no hesitation.

Mothers must not bite their lips and 

clench their fists to clamp down 

their screams as our children are born.

They must let the world know 

that life wondrous has come into it. 

They must love, nurture, protect 

fiercely, freely, openly, unabashedly.

For Motherhood must mean,

what nature meant it to be.

A miracle.

Inspired from a photograph by Nasar Husami

                                                                                                        

The Miracle

Motherhood. It must know

no shame, no hesitation.

Mothers must not bite their lips and 

clench their fists to clamp down 

their screams as our children are born.

They must let the world know 

that life wondrous has come into it. 

They must love, nurture, protect 

fiercely, freely, openly, unabashedly.

For Motherhood must mean,

what nature meant it to be.

A miracle.

Inspired from a photograph by Nasar Husami

                                                                                                        

This life and that

They said 
a few good things
and lay her 
to rest.
It's not easy to 
forgive the living.
But it's simple enough
to make peace
with the dead. 

This life and that

They said 
a few good things
and lay her 
to rest.
It's not easy to 
forgive the living.
But it's simple enough
to make peace
with the dead.