You are a goddess -
A goddess of today.
With a smartphone
in your right hand,
a coffee in your left,
and everything else
in your tote bag,
you take on the world,
every single day.
In boardrooms and PTMs -
Warring with demons
of unending misogyny,
vanquishing stereotypes
of a patriarchal society,
fighting unapologetically
for your happiness,
you power through
every single day.
You’re a goddess of today!
A smartphone
in your right hand,
a coffee in your left,
and everything else
in your tote bag;
Your weapons of choice -
to defend your world
every single day.
—for my fellow women
Musings
an effort to siphon out some of the thoughts in my crowded head....
"If you do not like your life, change it."
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Goddess 2022
Monday, November 8, 2021
Life
Drifting in the clouds,
Dark and silver.
Swept off by the wind,
Breezes and storms.
Floating in the void,
Frenzied and calm.
Swirling in emotions,
Ecstasy and despair.
Forever swaying,
Yet unwavering,
Floating away,
Swept away,
Drifting away,
Swirling away,
In a straitjacketed
Yet unanchored journey.
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Winter
Chill in the air,
cutting into skin bare.
A handful of snow,
my way do throw,
And a hug so cozy,
to make even winter rosy.
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Gift for me
I care not for gold,
or memories of old,
Neither for the kiss
that you didn't miss,
Nor for the strings
of future springs.
Winter's first snowflake,
wrapped with care;
A fistful of fall colors,
if you dare;
Your priceless gifts to me,
ever fleeting shall be.
Monday, October 26, 2020
Haikus of Me
Adventure and I
Courage I know not,
Yet fearless I've always been
Braving life alone.
Love and I
Greatly loved I've been,
Yet the content I envy -
Oh this fickle heart.
Success and I
Always shunned limelight,
Yet a name I deeply yearn,
For my legacy.
Peace and I
Ever in pursuit,
Yet I know not what I seek,
Restless, peaceless life.
I
My idiocies,
My idiosyncrasies,
My burden to bear.
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Plans
Explore the pyramids, I will
Answer the Sphinx, I will
Luxor, I'll come to thee.
Glide in thy canals, I will
Wear thy masks, I will
Venice, I'll come to thee.
Behold the Duomo, I will
Drink from Neptune's fountain, I will
Florence, I'll come to thee.
Drenched by thy geysers, I will
Awed by the northern lights, I will
Iceland, I'll come to thee.
Breathe da Vinci's air, I will
Walk in thy vineyards, I will
Loire, I'll come to thee.
Marvel at the Calanquets, I will
Take in thy salty air, I will
Marseille, I'll come to thee.
Smile back at Mona Lisa, I will
Admire Baldassare and Bathsheba, I will
Louvre, I'll come to thee.
Drink in La Rioja, I will
Admire thy golden triangle, I will
Madrid, I'll come to thee.
Meet Esmeralda, I will
Feel thy beaches, I will
Seychelles, I'll come to thee.
Grand plans I made,
Just plans I made,
Life, I ne'er lived thee.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Sending a hug to the moon
Up above this ground,
distant yet bound;
Guiding thro' the night,
calming and bright.
Tethered for eternity,
cursed by destiny;
Burdened by duty,
O shackled beauty!
Behind the veil of white,
what pain do you hide?
Pristine teardrop in the sky,
no one to hear you sigh.
Friday, October 23, 2020
Weary soul
My soul, my phoenix
Braving the games of fate,
Walking on thorned paths
Not a surrender to date.
Destiny's next move,
Not heard, not seen, not felt,
But the last straw it is,
Placed gently on my soul's pelt.
No more tears to shed,
My anaesthetized soul,
Beaten, bruised and broken
Never again be whole.
Marching, white flag aloft,
No desire for flight or fight,
An eternal dreamless slumber,
The only panacea, my soul's right.