Category Archives: Verses

Found & Lost

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Guria

Some wonders are etchedIn tears and laughsCounted in joysOf unparalleled love.Separation comes, and it goesThe torment growsUnhappiness, now an old allyYet a forgotten thoughtWhen you remember-The happiness that roseLived, and grewBeyond compare.Thank you for the giftThe gift of you,And the chance discoveryOf … Continue reading →

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Washed Ashore

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Guria

I waited in the ankle-deep water,With drenched skin wrinklingFeet beginning to numb, indifferentTo the fire-tipped nerves, that wailedDeadened to lulling worldly antidotes While the heralds thundered aboutThe impending storm on its way.I waited. For you, to keep a truth. When … Continue reading →

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Winters

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Guria

For one from the lush green tropics,The bare white cold was oddly familiar-Like a remembrance of the old and faintA wisp of a thing, fleeting yet realLike a memory of the immortal soulAnd not of young mind, not from this … Continue reading →

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The Winding Path Home

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Guria

The trick is in learning how to turn it off.Not watch the clock hand ticking,Nor check for messages to be readOr wait by the phone, willing it to ring!Good things take time, their own sweet time,Wait in your heart, in … Continue reading →

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Ghosted

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Guria

My feet slipped a little; the heels slidIn the little nooks on the cobbled pathThe fresh snow quick and nimble,Covered my steps: I was never here!The passerby barely glanced back, With the merest of double-takesAlmost indiscernible to myopic eyesAlmost. Except … Continue reading →

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strengths

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Guria

I need no gifts, no new words, No assurances you can’t give I need no tomorrow- No promises of no sorrow I don’t need you to be here- A warmth, arms to enfold And shoulders to rest, Or a thought, … Continue reading →

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Shadow dancing

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Guria

One look here, and another glance there Gauge, measure that soaring intensity, Is it just me, or is it you as well? Trepidations hope, heartbeats in sync Or, do they beat out of tandem? A soft brush there, a warm … Continue reading →

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home

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Guria

At the end of the long, tiring road, Waited for me, the wide, open arms. Hastily hidden salty tears mingled With glowing, spontaneous laughter, As your arms encircled and enveloped I close my eyes, peaceful; home, at last. N.B. It’s … Continue reading →

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Survivor

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Guria

Through the mire, she dragged On her elbows and knees, Her battered, bruised self Bleeding, ragged and ravaged. Scathing words dealt blame, Told her, to dress better Entice and allure lesser- Be less human, less female. Cast down eyes cast … Continue reading →

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endurance in silence

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Guria

Little did she know, the fire that she poured Burned and razed, heavens and hells galore; It never paused, it consumed and gnawed- Till ’twas all that lived, raged and breathed in him. N.B. Contrary to what we think (or, … Continue reading →

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