once

Once i had a dream man

But then i found an angel....

soul travels

at night when the guard is down
and the universe is tired
and only watches with amused eyes
things that go on

tha is when the gates
between this world
and many others
are opened
that is when the soul
flies through them

and that is when we visit each
though we be miles apart

and i know this for sure

that in the beginning his soul
hovered nearby and hesitated
knocked but only with soft breaths
at her door

and she fell asleep
with faint echoes of his name
pounding through her heart
no word was spoken,
and none was heard
and yet the name coursed
through her veins

and hen his presence
was a question
a little flicker of candlelight
far away
that she wanted to follow
and reach

now it is grown
into a home
 a warm presence that
surrounds and engulfs
even when they are miles apart
and does she not
leave her world behind and
burrow into his soul
every night?

questions

Several lifetimes ago

You answered the questions

That i am asking

Only now

And you knew even then

That they would come

The seeds you saw fermenting

When all i saw was chaos

school of life

you read so much about everything
and yet, nothing ever prepares you
for things that really happen

for the raw emotions
that flit across people's faces
for the sorrows that pour out
unchained, unconfined
for the sincerity and earnestness
which people reserve for devotion
the envy and jealousy
written so plainly you cry out
and sometimes,
even for the overwhelming joy
you bring to them

so quick

to condemn
highly educated women
who do nothing
with their education

#when will we get through
layers of our own biases?

we argue

we argue whether
education has done ANY good
for women
when obviously
the more educated she is
the more her wings spread
and the more the people around her
will resent it and try to control her
(this is a documented trend)

we argue whether having so many
women in the governemnt
has done us any good
when some of the women
are more patriarchal than the men
and raise not a twig for women

we argue whether having women
at the top three posts in the country
has improved the lives of ordinary women

to be a #feminist
is to be always on the defensive

common room

life gets strangely stilted
when you are away from your
familiar surroundings

you don't know how to act
or talk or behave

the consequences of your behaviour
are not the same

socially inadequate, all of us
we wondered if
talking to new people
on social media
improved our socialising skills

oh no, i said,
it only improves your social media skills
oh no, she said
ive never even talked this much
to these people before....