Memory Sijo Poems

I know there is simply nothing I can honestly say
To make all of the soul-wrenching pain of grief go away,
Because I too was there crying...

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Having all the butterflies all while I am moodswinging
As I feel tingles in my tummy while I am swinging,
While I remember memories, causing my mood...

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Jewellery, stylish pens, paper hearts, nostalgic figurines,
Memories of holidays spent in my grandmother's place,
Cherishing purple checker box with snowflakes, praying for same things....

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September rains; springs spout, rivers fleetly flow to sea
New memories commence as old ones laggardly fade away
Septembers, one new daughter born; a father buried.



Remember September...

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Like a bruise melting from blue to black, grief shows up slowly,
Appearing in the steam of coffee once shared, a laugh similar,
Yet as scabs heal...

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*Image of Hallmark Channel by Giphy.

Chimed Upper Room

Chimed new day shines...eagerly corrects an upper room looks,
An attic improving rapidly...promotes roams of diligence,
Lacks found bordered leathered...

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As night defeats the day, your guitar I hear strumming softly ;
     Could it be true, angels descend from heaven to...

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Much cherished memories that drifted away with the ripples
on the stream of yesteryear suddenly comes flooding back as he...
longingly looks at a faded photograph of...

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In twilight sleep, dreams flow deeply, through mind-halls.

Caverns and crevasses hold many memories; some of past lives.

Inundated with dreamscapes, memories float and surface, a mind-soul...

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A bird chirps its stories to the air; air logs them into memory.

Flying birds see all; airs, library’s free to breathe.

Breathe in birds wisdom; subconscious...

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Snippets of a discarded song breach my unguarded ears,     
Dive through a drowning of blue-soaked years, 
    ...

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Winter hangs onto the top of the mountain with some snow
Spring has taken over below, with greenery, flowers and warmth
While cold memories are transformed in...

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an anonymous tempt to squash nevermore within my hushed dreams 
dare I lust fantasies featured with brilliant ingenuity -
just this once for twice is humdrum...

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Sijo 2

          it may be cruel to her/but I cannot shake off this
   ...

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I have briefly caught sight of the other side of yesterday,
blinded by the sun, while running barefoot across a field of thorns
I'll carve a path...

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