She Flaps

She flaps her chubby little arms in excitement, as if she wants to take off – my little birdie, trapped inside a human body. She slaps arms, knees, skin – whatever takes her fancy, and she’s thrilled about it; the kind of raw excitement a grown-up will probably never know again. She babbles incoherent sounds … More She Flaps

Mash

(Part 1 written on 12th January 2009; Part 2 written on 22nd October 2009) Before I forget, Let me scribble down The thoughts I wish to express – Record for my own self As a memory of this moment of my life. Before I move on, Let me remember the feeling Of being submerged in … More Mash

Fire

There’s a fire inside which has been slowly growing of late. A charge within which evokes thoughts of progress; Feelings of yearning for goals of old; Drive to start building again – that which has remained relatively unmoved – in my own perception. Former crowning moments Remind me of the capability laying dormant – the … More Fire

28

Seven years have passed, since those fateful days when my life changed forever.   Seven years are gone, since those moments of magic sparked my soul to life, brought into focus the dream I pursued in the years that followed.   Memories of a lifetime gone by, empty and purposeless; using whatever pleasures took my … More 28

You suck!

Dedicated to the News industry…   So, here we are: Dwellers of the concrete jungle, Prisoners of our own, man-made environment; the physical outside distorting the vision inside:             work in boxes,             live in boxes,             think in boxes.   Force-fed your vision of the world we inhabit, Conditioned to accept the barrage of … More You suck!

Rooftops

I like rooftops because they are freedom; Every building has one, And every person knows this – yet most don’t give it a second thought; and don’t know what lies above. A world of freedom, An escape from human-kind, The biggest wide-open space in existence: open sky, endless horizons, indistinguishable layers expertly constructed by the … More Rooftops

Remember me

Forget not the writer in you. He’s still around, just off in his own world – neglected by your husbandliness, your constrictingly-employed state of daily affairs, your life which has moved so fast to a place you always wanted to be, yet didn’t think to imagine the effects on him.   In days gone by … More Remember me

Childhood

When did life get this complicated? When did the innocence and ignorance and bliss of childhood depart? How is it that grown-up stuff, responsibilities, duties, mature expectations, are all second nature now? How did everything become so serious? When did carefree summer days, of playing in the yard, being fed, sitting on my auntie’s lap … More Childhood