The rain that comes...

The reflections and frost,
the rain that comes and brings the things
that lure you most and with the rain
hitting hard on the pavement beyond the window pane,
we know how the soul yearns with every grain
for the thought of the things we love;
the things that run further away.
The secret of the rain is revealed
when you are caught between watching the rain
and not forgetting those things
which you must attend,
lest they get cold like the tea you left and forgot on the window sill.

Sushama karnik

Courtesy and thanks for the image @Night passage Night passage

Night passage Night passage

Timeline

4 days ago

Sunshine, Flower, and Pages

The sunshine flooding over the face of a flower
is like words gushing forth in a frenzy
on the pages the writer has crafted,
and when the sunshine, flowers and the pages
come and jostle for space in your mind
how would they leave a space for a smile?

Sushama Karnik

Thanks and credit for the image @ N@Night passage Night passage

Night passage Night passage

Timeline

a day ago

The Sunshine , Storms, and Peace

The feel of the sand, crisp and warm, 

 slipping out of your fingers, 

 slightly hurting, strangely soft, 

the sea watching you like a gallant lover, 

 from a distance, prudently, 

like an ill-tempered man calmed down

 in the sudden realisation of love, 

 all this and more, awaits in life, 

an open beach to explore 

 waves, the rains, the sunshine, storms and peace. 

 Sushama Karnik 21 july 2020, 08.44 am

I'll Come Back Soon To Read

I'll come back soon to read,
and when I do,
I want to feel
the warmth of the book,
and feel the freshness of flowers
in the pages that go dry in summer and damp in rains.
I want the sunlight fall in and the candle be left to burn
in the early hours of morn.

Sushama Karnik

Thanks for the image : @fawzi hejazi

fawzi hejazi

Timeline

10 days ago

Glow of Hope by Suresh Haldankar. The Model: His Daughter

Sushama Karnik

1 min · 

Moments Come

The unexpected and hidden, come camouflaged in the colors, 

stealthily, gently, in steps of the shadows 

when you thought the sunlight would vanish forever. 

The moments come like a chick just breaking out of eggs. 

Watch them and hold your breath; 

do not touch lest they break.

Sushama Karnik 07.38 14 June 2020 

Image credit @Milan@Milan Lakić Thank you Milan

В.Палачев. Желтые и пушистые

Milan LakićTimeline

13 hours ago

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Psychoanalysis

The brainmap is not the same for all.
Diversity, and curiosity.
I can neither see nor prove to you my mind exists.
And so we need an analyst who knows better than me
how my mind works,
and all this while I lie on the couch
and wonder what it is that the doctor sees.
My mind plays hide and seek,
and at every move my mind makes,
the chessboard plays topsy turvy,
sending the chessmen tumbling down
before the doctor understands the rules of the game.

Sushama Karnik

Tighe O'Donoghue Ross Dear Sushama...WOW...much as I have appreciated all of your efforts...this one leaps to the fore...

How powerfully relevant, how purposely personal...how incredibly revealing of the process...truly a masterpiece Dear Sushama...I am gobsmacked!!!

Image credit: Tighe Donoghue Ross