Footprints in the Heart

January 14, 2015

2015-01-14T18:04:00.001+05:30

April 16, 2015

2015-04-17T01:44:00.002+05:30

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it (anywhere

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing, my darling)

i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want

no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

~e. e. cummings

Fields of Olden

2017-05-15T05:15:00.001+05:30

You will ask to remember and I will deny.

I will look for an answer,

my mouth suddenly dry.

The details slipping through my fingers,

as the years pass us by.

I will read the apprehension on your face,

tucked behind a smile.

I was never the one with words,

never the one to live a lie.

Between the smoke and the fire,

It has been hazy this side.

The fields of the olden,
set ablaze by sands of time.

I don't plan on staying back,
wait for the dust to settle,
or rummage through ashes,

to scour for charms and baubles.

As I stand on the horizon,

the pinnacle, looking down.

I wonder what took so long,

to burn this ground.

~ Seepz

December 10. 2015

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July 26, 2015

2015-07-26T23:42:00.000+05:30

"the salt on my tongue a slight distraction from the deep blue, the wide open, the playground sting. I’m sorry my flesh is softer than it has to be, my skin thinner than yours. I’m sorry there are parts of me I have scrubbed raw, hurt; I only wanted to be polished, untainted, good"

Sea Salt by Marla Miniano : Poetry Magazine

New Age Cinderella

2015-07-29T10:10:00.003+05:30

Last night, I was reading the story of Cinderella to my daughter at bedtime. I loved that story when I was a kid and my parents bought me this Glow in the Dark book in which you could see her glass slippers glimmering in the dark when the lights were out. Best Memory Ever. However, when I was reading it to M last night, somehow the same story did not evoke the same emotions.

I don't want to spoil it for you but that story is about a girl who is waiting for a guy to rescue her, that's it. Then that girl pretends to be a princess so the prince will fall for her. I mean, We are in the era of Kate Middleton. She still isn't pretending to be someone she is not.

For some reason, that story came out as the most male chauvinist piece of writing I have come across in a while. So, then I moved on to another story and the same thing happened. the emphasis was on glorifying men and how women can't do much when they are stuck in a bad situation. That's when I felt like we need new stories for our girls.

The more I think of it the more I feel like Aesop's Fables was more gender neutral than the story of Cinderella. A lesson at the end of a story works fine for me but role models who can't find a way out of a bad situation do not. Will a modern day heroine, please stand up?

Repercussion

2015-11-22T11:59:00.002+05:30

If my looking bad makes you look good,

then by all means,

Rejoice

- in your moment of glory,

in your sole chance at salvation,

in the one-off hope of absolution.

Though, when you get back home,

Remember

- to break all mirrors,

and part ways with that voice in your head,

the one that's called a conscience.

Maybe, the world ignored your deeds,

but You are the one who has to live,

everyday with yourself.

Deal with the consequences.

Because..

2010-11-11T10:47:00.000+05:30

Because I miss him sometimes

Because he spoke a lot through words that weren't his own

Because he paid attention when I thought he didn't

Because he cared a lot then and still cares a little but has always

Because these are the best parting words I have heard

Well I really don't know what source to quote! They just are his!

"Children are born with an enormous potential with total awareness of their conscious mind. As they grow, their experiences in life are limitations that begins limiting this potential of the mind that they are born with. These experiences can be different. Envy, jealousy, greed, selfishness, low self esteem etc. etc. Think of life like this. You were born with all that potential, don't let these experiences alter the way you think of your life ahead of you. Even if you had these experiences just ignore it."

Not that i'm perfect, but it helps me overlook the mistakes i made and opportunities i missed because of my reservations.

Be strong and don't let anyone make you feel less important

And don't dwell on the past, those are your lessons to make a stronger you!

Well You are perfect to me, Always will be..

Nov 20, 2015

2015-11-20T19:53:00.000+05:30

For the last one week, I wake up every day to a story about terror. It has started to affect me because suddenly it is all too much at once. It is almost like the gods have decided to play Russian roulette here on earth. They don't even have to try very hard because humans are slowly losing what makes them human - Humanity.

I have always had a wish for my daughter. A simple wish for her to travel the world. I don't want her to see what will be left if we go on like this. I don't want her to look at shambles and ruins. I want her to see the beauty that this world is. I don't want her to grow up in the comfort of one place not knowing what is on the outside. I don't want her to miss out on perspective just because a bunch of people had their definition of right and wrong mixed up.

Prayers for the World, this day and everyday.

Oct 14, 2015

2015-10-15T03:00:00.001+05:30

“You just think lovely wonderful thoughts," Peter explained, "and they lift you up in the air.”

― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Oct 16. 2015

2015-10-17T08:54:00.001+05:30

“One loses, as one grows older,

something of the lightness of one's dreams;

one begins to take life up in both hands,

and to care more for the fruit than the flower,

and that is no great loss perhaps.”

― W.B. Yeats, The Celtic Twilight

Oct 22, 2015

2015-10-23T04:42:00.000+05:30

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

― C.S. Lewis

Oct 24, 2015

2015-10-25T09:11:00.000+05:30

“You deserve the best, the very best, because you are one of the few people in this lousy world who are honest to themselves, and that is the only thing that really counts.”

― Frida Kahlo

Oct 21, 2015

2015-10-22T07:27:00.000+05:30

"I’ll gather the same stones where

Everything came crashing down

I’ll build You an altar there

On the same ground"

It is Not OK!

2014-08-19T02:30:00.000+05:30

An Open letter to No one in particular,

- It is Not OK to use other people as an excuse for everything you do. It is Not OK to say that I drink because other people do. It is Not OK to say that I dress this way because other people do.

- It is Not OK to let your spouse make fun of your siblings in front of you, laugh along and not stand up for them.

- It is Not OK to judge, bully or reprimand your child in public without having dealt with the trust issues with them in private.

- It is Not OK to constantly complain/bitch about other people in front of your children. It is most certainly not OK to teach your child contempt and disregard for other people's feelings.

- It is Not OK to teach your child that crying can get them whatever they want. It is also not OK to teach them emotional blackmail - something that's sure to backfire in the future for you.

- It is Not OK to pretend to be nice to someone in front of a select group of people. It is also Not OK to be so engrossed in your insecurities and failures that you fail to see the positive in anything around you.

- It is Not OK to make fun of other people's children or taunt them. It is certainly Not OK to do this on a daily basis.

- It is Not OK to misuse a piece of information a person gives you out of trust and his/her own naive nature and make a breaking news story out of it.

- It is certainly Not OK to put a different angle on everything someone says or does. It is most definitely Not OK to keep making stories to your advantage.

- It is Not OK to have other people say things for you. It is also Not OK to ask other people to speak up & object to things that you do not like.

- It is Not OK to play mind games and manipulate anyone & everyone you can lay your eyes on, even your own family.

- It is Not OK to hate on people just because you think they are better off than you - If anything, it is childish.

Always remember "What goes around, comes around". Karma is a b****

Sept 22, 2015

2015-09-22T18:47:00.002+05:30

"It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from."

Anne Tyler

April 7, 2015

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February 12, 2015

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Sep 17,2014

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Sep 18, 2014

2014-09-19T08:09:00.000+05:30

“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I have become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.”

José Micard Teixeira

Sep 23, 2014

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Sep 25, 2014

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Sep 26, 2014

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Sep 29, 2014

2014-09-30T00:02:00.000+05:30

I've seen angels fall from blinding heights

But you yourself are nothing so divine

Just next in line

I've seen diamonds cut through harder men

Than you yourself

but if you must pretend

You may meet your end

Try to hide your hand

Forget how to feel

(Forget how to feel)

Life is gone with just a spin of the wheel

(A spin of the wheel)

~ You know my name!

October 23, 2014

2014-10-23T09:49:00.000+05:30