Author: Sheetal Ashpalia

Kindness, I found in your eyes, Warm, Inviting, Making me spill secrets. . Tenderness, I found in your arms, Comforting, Keeping me protected. . Happiness, I found in your love, Believing, Forever it would be. . A Mirage, It turned out to be, Leaving me, Empty, lost, forlorn, Without hope, Of ever finding my oasis.…

Caged I am, In these four walls, I shudder sometimes, When mother in-law calls. . Broken I am, In spirit and mind, When hubby turns and says, ‘Are you crazy? Or blind?’ . Shattered I am, Into a million pieces, When parents mouth, ‘Don’t worry, it’s just a season!’ . Let me breathe, Set me…

The night is dark, It’s cold outside, And despair fills the air, No one around, Or to care, Gloom returns, Barefeet without a sound, Clutching the heart, In its snare. Remember, Where there is darkness, Light will always follow, Keep calm, Take a deep breath, Pull yourself, Out of the shallows, This too shall pass,…

One day it begins inside to lead, To a fantasy world where we walk, Stopping by to smell sights, Meeting and greeting one and all, At times we call it destiny, When we are drawn to birds of a feather, On the road together, Some streets are filled with flesh trade, And money that’s easy…

Inside a wonderous world I am, She hugs me tight, often in delight, Cupped in her belly, I feel her heartbeat each time. She whispers often, Love oozes through her words, Feeding me, nourishing me, Promising to cherish me. Sometimes I’m naughty, Giving her kicks too many, And she warns to discipline me, When I…

Hear me call, I wish someone would break my fall! My body bruised, My soul tarnished, I lie crumpled on the single bed. . Hear me call, I wish someone would break my fall! I shiver at times, I quiver in pain, How he ravages my body, such shame! . Hear me call, I wish…

One day, it’s gold, On others, it’s grey, The sky is like that, A colorful display. . One day, it’s gold, On others, it’s grey, Happiness is, A beautiful ray. . One day, it’s gold, On others, it’s grey, Just like the sand, A contrast at play. . One day, it’s gold, On others, it’s…

There she is, A dark silhouette under the lamp light. Each night, A nameless face amidst the crowd. The men flock, Searching for their taste of heaven. Hushed whispers, A few glances thrown in surreptitiously. Rustle of clothes, It’s the backseat or the alley each time. The men walk on, Without a look or a…

Hey you, do you hear? Oh! Really, don’t you care? It’s me, I hope you realize now, Go on quick, take a bow! Easy come, easy go, I do hope you know, Bending down to none, I am likened to the sun! From prince to pauper, Hell yes! Even show stoppers, They woo me all…

Walking on separate paths, To each other unknown, Life continued to send us both, Down different roads. . Until one day, like bright sunshine, We both crossed paths, In that brief moment, Walking into each other’s lives. . And Fate smiled, At the Universe’s conspiracy, Joining hands with her, To write our Destiny. . We…

Softly she walks in, her tread slow, A moment she pauses, at the door, Before she jumps into the fray, There she is, like a beautiful ray. At times, she walks too fast to notice, The wonders the world holds, she misses, Knocked up, hurt and bruised at times, Her laughter too rolls, like a…

Born on foreign soils, Not knowing that we were mirrors of each other, Did we realize we were meant to meet one day? Paving our way into each other’s destiny! Sisterhood became our call, Each other’s family, in a home away from home, Our tears fell together, when one was hurt, The pain unbearable, breaking…

It’s a New Year’s dawn When it’s time to ring out the Old  And ring in the New. It’s time to start the Amazing Race, Hang on, not the Race But time to say Amazing Grace. Yes Grace it is, for keeping us safe For letting us hold our Loved ones And for Food on…