poetry and some more
i do not write i imagine on paper i do not think my mind relates tales i do not dream my existence is maya i do not share i speak to myself you happen to overhear i do not write you do not read you see... you see only what you want to see i … Continue reading i do not write
Our poetry group assignment was to create two poems with instructions, one on How to and the other one should be the reverse How Not To... Here, I am sharing my instructions How Not to Meditate UnMeditate open eyes, turn your head side to side blink! bewildered by fuzzy logic slouch, NTV, KTN, KBC … Continue reading UnMeditate
i caused the thought of you and now you want to leave? i refuse to release you with no introduction you descended upon the doorstep of my imagination without an invitation you merged yourself into my memories you now believe you are real? if i wished it so, i could relinquish you in an instant... but … Continue reading the thought of you
Sharing this painting by my daughter Alya Kassam. She also writes just as beautifully.
falling... falling... into a bottomless pit but wait! a bottomless pit is the best type of pit to fall into falling... falling... ***
not all who wander are lost not all who are lost want to be found
and those who wrote verse were thought to be insane by those who seek only meaning from words
and my prayer was lost within the scent of the jasmine hidden in the swirling of dust a droplet floating on the cloud through the exhale of my sigh i question if my prayer was unsent or was it unheard certainly unfulfilled prayer after prayer lost lost on the lips of another lost like early … Continue reading The Lost Prayer
he said the world is round she said well, the next world will be flat after much contemplation they agreed to disagree
music is circles of sound rhythm of light thoughts of a poet stitched together in a tapestry of waves
SONYA KASSAM 