You'll See

The image is taken from etsy.com

Dangerous! Can't go out of the hole.
Danger! The cat lurks to devour.
Anger! I smell it on the restless feline.

Explorer! She named me with pride.
Explore and raid! Only for her alone.
Ex! She tells about me to others.

Afternoon already! My tummy rumbles from hunger.
Noon leaves! I'm starved as the tabby refuses to walk away.
No! I'm not giving up yet, my kitty.

Amused, aren't you! Silly, moggie.
Muse is still on my side, you'll see.
Use all your talent, grimalkin. I'll sneak right under your nose.

Paradoxical Life

Life said I should be a gentleman
why can't it be gentle
while I strive to be a gent.

Life deserves together
only sincerity can get-her
living is impossible without her.

Life cannot be forgotten
I might have said I forgot
but, I know its hope I look for.

Life is a never-ending compromise
what's a broken promise
I keep searching for a mise.


The poem is writing in Diminishing Verse. 

The Burnt Stick

On a winter eve, she carried hundreds of us, tied into bundles. One by one she lit my fellow mates trying to warm her blue skin. By dawn, they lay useless on the damp pavement beside her frozen body. We failed her. 

The Glass Bowl

The image is taken from PetGuide website. 

My world was small and bare
As I kept swimming in circles

A handful of pebbles at the bottom
As I kept swimming in circles

Sad and dull, moody and sulking
As I kept swimming in circles

All alone, I owned the house
As I kept swimming in circles

gobbling the tasteless food
As I kept swimming in circles

The little girl giggled and clapped
As I kept swimming in circles

My sorrow sighs drowned in her squeals
As I kept swimming in circles

She had friends to play with
As I kept swimming in circles

I stared at the glass wall surrounding me
As I kept swimming in circles

Where are my friends, I cried
As I kept swimming in circles

My tears lost in the water surrounding me
As I kept swimming in circles

keeping my heartbreak a secret
As I kept swimming in circles

I knocked my head against the glass
As I kept swimming in circles

Hoping I'd go back to the sea
As I kept swimming in circles

Alas, I was flushed into murky waters
As I kept swimming in circles

Clipped Wings

The image is taken from Google search. 

The tiny hole made my heart flutter
What lies beyond the wall?

I tiptoed towards the imposing barrier
What lies beyond the wall?

No one ever answered my question
What lies beyond the wall?

Insisted, I do not think
What lies beyond the wall?

But how could I not ask,
What lies beyond the wall?

Not know the answer to my dreams
What lies beyond the wall?

Why can't my clipped wings fly over
What lies beyond the wall?

With tears in my eyes, I yearned
What lies beyond the wall?

As a burly man stood guard
What lies beyond the wall?

Ready to capture those who dare
What lies beyond the wall?

The twilight sky sent me to my mother
What lies beyond the wall?

She reminded me to be grateful to look at the moon,
What lies beyond the wall?

Yet, I continue to dream,
What lies beyond the wall?

Rain Dance

It’s time to sing our favorite song,

The rains are here again.

Step out dear sister, race the wind

 The rains are here again.

Listen to the clouds calling your name

The rains are here again.

Laugh at the look of splashed puddles

The rains are here again.

Let the drops sparkle in your ebony curls

The rains are here again.

Twirl and dance in tune to the splatter

The rains are here again.

Wave to the inky sky in delight

The rains are here again.

Oh, my sister! Let us celebrate

The rains are here again.

Painting by Mrs. Ratna Pochiraju