My First True Love: A poem by Renette Dsouza
I waited endlessly at the window for hours Waited patiently without ever getting bored Waiting for him to magically appear My eyes fixated at the...
I waited endlessly at the window for hours Waited patiently without ever getting bored Waiting for him to magically appear My eyes fixated at the...
…finding rickshaws as if they were charmedBy a flourish of your guardian angel’s wand,Weaving through traffic that did not choke you for onceAnd ticking off...
Happiness is the first cry of a newborn An explosion of feelings, it is motherhood born. Happiness is the first raindrop on the parched earth...
the dawdling dusk seemed to linger some more and on the beach drifting into sleepy gray were chiaroscuros, most running about in a mad frenzy...
In the peaceful stillness of the nightTranquility draws me closer to mystical moonlightGazing at the vast Shimmering sky looking brightDelicate winds sing the serene tune...
Every time my giggles were silenced – “they didn’t behove of a girl”, I grew up to hate myself, within a shell I began to...
Frisking with the rabbitsFluttering with the birdsVying with the butterfliesTo reach the beautiful flowers.Up with sunriseTo catch the dewThat was my childhoodDo believe me please...
I was born into a dream world. There were lights, love, beauty, and smiles. A child in me plucked a flower and smelt it. When...
Sound waves traveled magically creating music in a box, Fascination was a fairy tale when the unknown stayed under locks, Someone had to end that...
My body being smirched, yet quite happier at the heart’s coreBlaming none, swelling sprightly like a balloon for an unabated flyAn aim to mingle with...
Strict adherence to ethics was the watchword of the past. Ethics that stood, the tests of the past. I searched for a meaning of...
Red Riding Hood and the wicked wolf’s fairytale, Santa Claus in candy apple suit, hearty and hale. Raspberry, strawberry apple, cherry, glowing in red like...