damned

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 9 Comments

every breath we take quickens the way to our end damned if you do damned if you don’t

A Conversation with a Poet

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 10 Comments

I had shared my poem Unnoticed on Twitter. Only a poet could respond with such precise but eloquent thoughts that left me wordless. Here is a conversation between @SonyaKassam and @IssaShivji light is light as always bright darkness she eludes illusion she deludes passion she lures higher she soars envy she abhors love she adores light is feeble, … Continue reading A Conversation with a Poet

Intezaar – The Wait

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 15 Comments

and admirers whispered sweetest words but you never did yet another lifetime gone Painting by Shirish Pandit More art by Shirish Pandit: Pratiksha – The Wait a touch of crimson

confessed sins

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 2 Comments

confessed sins travel from ear to lip from lip to ear until the confessor recognises her own sin in vain

Unnoticed

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 16 Comments

light remains without weight and until light is defied its presence is unnoticed do you see light? no! you only see the effect of light on what obstructs light oh, how powerful is this light that has no significance on its own (like a religion without followers) but wait! light is fast, isn't it?... and with … Continue reading Unnoticed

a touch of crimson

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 15 Comments

and he claimed her with a touch of crimson in place of vermilion tears of kohl trickle his pledge to return bound by blood *** when at last he returned but not as she had imagined she tied a crimson ribbon on his casket, protesting a broken promise

A Letter from God

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 6 Comments

Dear Traveler, Do you wonder where you are headed, where you will end up? I sense you are afraid that you don’t know your purpose and worse, that you feel you may not even have any. Why your destination does not seem obvious when those around you seem to have it all figured out? Or … Continue reading A Letter from God

Pratiksha – The Wait

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The Wait

of absence and presence

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 7 Comments

the absence of you is ever present in me though you had left, traces of you remain like a poisoned fragrance a lethal temptation like the nightmare at dawn a bitter companion like the remnant of a sting though i did turn my cheek how i long for the presence of you to be forever absent in me

Serving Time

~ Sonya Kassam ~ 6 Comments

Inspired by the quote: Space we can recover, time never ~ Napoleon Bonaparte Space is infinite While every moment time ends Space devours time Or else space dreams up time Only in the span of now Is time ever free of space Give time space And time shall serve you