When a hand is in need, It stretches out, It stretches up, Empty. The hand is like a prayer, Full of desperation, Full of need, Waiting. Till another appears, Equally empty-handed, But enough To grab onto. It is not strength That pulls up the other. It is the heart That matters. As these helping hands [...]
Category: Life
Happy Birthday, Baby Girl
My birthday gift To myself Is this poem. It is a wish Of love, Of happiness. It is a promise Of steadfast support Through thick and thin. It is a token That will endure Many years hence. It is I Telling myself, "Happy birthday, baby girl."
Dear Men & Women
There's a scene in "Modern Family" where Lily has her menarche & shuts herself in her room while Cam & Mitch sit outside the door waiting. Yes, women can do anything but sometimes, that's what it's like to be a woman & being shut in your pain (physical or emotional). It's really comforting to know [...]
Best Thing All Week
Running like crazyBehind a speeding suitcase,He emerged.Alone holding a plate of dumplingsIn his way,She happened to be.Bewildered,She stood rooted,Not knowing about the next second.Screeching to a halt,He looked up at her from his suitcaseAnd smiled, rather broadly.It was a beautiful smileFrom a handsome foreignerWho didn't crash into her.Agreeing so,Feeling amused,She smiled back.Again speeding, again eating,Going [...]
Why Difficult for Some of Us?
Why, oh whyIs itSo damn difficultFor just 'some of us'To find love?Almost everyone we know,Almost everyone who isn'tEven half a good person as us,Almost before they know itHave found love?Is there somethingIntrinsically wrong with us?Are we asking too muchIf we won't settle with lessThan the love and respect we give?Are we fools to believeIn genuinenessIn [...]
If It is Meant to Be
If it is meant to be,It will be.No point planning it.No point forcing it.It will be when it will be.So do we completely step back?Do we not try at all?Do we not grab every opportunity?Do we accept ourselves as puppets of fate?Do we not fight for love?The truth is no one knows for sureThe foolproof [...]
I’m Grateful
I'm gratefulFor every heartbreak I suffered,For every text that went ignored,For every call that went unpicked.Because had that not been,It would never have brought me to you.I'm gratefulFor every stroke of bad luck,For every rainy day suffered,For every obstacle encountered.Because had that not been,It would never have brought me to you.I'm gratefulFor every opportunity missed,For [...]
Today’s Tiny Tale: Get Married
When the father beats the mother In front of the daughter, How can they then ask her to get married? Mia Winhertt is now on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/miawinhertt/ Please show some love. 🙂
Welcoming the First Rain
4.30 PM: The weather started changing.5 PM: The winds started picking up pace.But the black clouds held back themselves.5.40 PM: We stepped out and they poured down."Do you mind taking the longer route today?" asked Shreya."Not at all!" replied I.So we slowly walked in the rain, with our umbrellas.It was the first rain of the [...]
Today’s Tiny Tale: True Romance
Fate, fluke, fraud was what everyone called it. "But for me, it was more," said she. "It was my true romance," said she unregretfully.
An Author You'll Remember 