Rhyme Rapture

By Nilshree Damani Yelulkar

It was a sunrise to remember when your memories rushed. Thinking of you, I kept walking on cobblestone streets. There was a deep conversation between my heart and head. I failed to understand why star crossed our love when we were each other's north star. Seasons witnessed our union and inseparable bond like

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
• Release date: Apr 22, 2024
• ISBN: 9789362690708

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A Sunrise to Remember

When hell freezes over?

The faded white body lay still on the ground,

Clearly showing the signs that the weather was tough,

The red blood stains on the white ice looked horrifying enough.

Some kept looking, while it was ignored by some,

But it was a warning of what was about to come.

No one was grieving the passing away of their friend,

As they knew, soon they will also meet a similar end.

One more down meant they have lesser mouths to feed,

Probably, you become a little selfish, when survival is the need.

Only the leader of the pack mourned as he missed his friend,

Remembering the good old times that they had together spent.

It was so dark, they didn’t know whether it was night or day,

Only a feeble, faint feeble light lighted up their way.

They have been walking for days on the thickened snow,

Without knowing what grave dangers are lurking below.

Without much food and rest, some of them were about to give up,

But the leader kept his spirit high, motivating them to rise up.

Yearning for hope, waiting to survive, they kept moving in the dark,

But finally, they sat down on the ice waiting for their final call,

And, then came a ray of hope as their leader’s frail bark.

Their weakened legs wouldn’t let them take one more step,

But still their ailing spirit was not ready to accept.

They crawled to where their leader stood straight and tall,

Looking ahead like a winner who was never ready to accept the fall.

He was looking at a miracle with tears his eyes,

And, when everyone looked that way they knew exactly why.

A pack of huskies stared at a sunrise to remember forever,

Saluting those who couldn’t make and rejoicing the ones who gave up never.

Life’s Own Birth

In the quiet dawn, a canvas  unfurls

As morning whispers and darkness swirls

A cry so divine, a symphony of emotions

I was awakened by the necessary commotion

Slumbered  heavy, my ripped-apart body dreary

The sweet pain of the pricks began

My weary eyes seeing light in the wee hours tonight

My elusive sanity beginning to seem

As night's embrace begins to fold

An unknown touch veering towards me to hold

Horizon's edge kissed by first light

A spectacle that banishes the night

I birthed my first

An Adam from the heaven up above

He looked as bright as the sun

A stolen glimpse of  him eased  my body stern

As his tiny fingers entwined in mine

A stream of white elixir spurt from the divine

He and I as close as could be

He groped me with his tiny mouth

Sip by sip he became more mine

Burp by burp two souls, bodies in line

My bleeding arm was his pillow for the night

Wide awake I was as the sun began to shine

A sunrise to remember, etched in time,

A moment of wonder, so sublime.

For in its glow, we found our way,

Guided by the light of a brand-new day!

From Me To You

Trapped with a heart that only knew sadness

My mind contemplated with being realistic

Everyone around me counted

Not their blessings

But how bitter the world was with them

How cruel others treated them

How they always cried to bed

Instead of being happy

I too became one of them

Searching for sadness, torment and torture

Engulfed with agitation and aggression

I didn’t listen to my very soul

While my soul yearned for happiness

That night, in stark silence, my soul

Stood before me, wishing me goodbye

Provoking me, laughing at me

For being a fussbudget my whole life

Its then that I realized

Like the grains of sand slipping from my grip

I lived my life on others terms

I never paid heed to my inner being

My soul

And that’s when I woke with a start

That indeed been a sunrise to remember

For I had found myself and my voice!

- Megha Patni

A sunrise to remember!

Waking up to the mild sunrays,

Just providing perfect heat,

To snatch away all the laze,

And to heat up the morning cool breeze.

I knew it from last night,

Tomorrow is a break for me,

Still I managed to wake up,

Without the alarm's tring!

The urge to soak in every moment,

And take it slow, may have made me do that!

But, comparing this morning with my otherwise hustling bustling ones,

It felt better, calm and divine!

I am more productive

On my breaks.

That guilt of  passing time

Keeps my head and schedule in place!

Not that I do not enjoy leisure time,

But my passion and love for my craft does not let me