BIRD-LESS WRITHINGS

The bird of the past has flown

The bird of the future is an illusion

Alone now!

No bird in hand

No bird in the sky

Feeding on my rotting heart

The worms within writhe! 

CAMEL ON THE BOOK SHELF

Jeweled camel on the shelf!

More precious than gems and gold!

Two Rings!

Hidden within

A life; a love

A story untold!  

Calm still

Never to be forgotten

The Eternal jewel of Love!

PAINTING A DIFFERENT CANVAS

Painting a different canvas today



With the fading colors of yesterday

Stained faces and tainted ways


Same worn out  brushes and the old rusty strokes



Patterns of the past and waning colors of hope



Oh, what picture can you paint?



When your brush is sticky, and your colors fade! 

SHADOWS OF THE PAST

The world before my eyes seems wasted

The sky is overcast, and the earth in barren  

The grass has withered and the river has run dry

The birds have flown; and all blossoms have fallen  

As the sorrow of my past casts its saddened shadow on turbulent water

A never-ending eclipse seems to rise; as darkness fills my cloudless sky 

Fatal it seems; as one more day is engulfed in this dark shadow

Even as the cowardly face of my future shies away

Oh craving soul of mine! Will this darkness ever cease?