You, me and ...... maybe you

Your hands trace the contours

I smile

You softly let your fingers scroll

on my warm skin

I smell green apples

what is it?

Your perfume or incense?

In the quiet

I can hear your heartbeat

and you can touch mine.

Each scar, each mark,

has a tale to tell!

you gently brush

a stray strand of hair

from my face

tuck it behind my ear

and trace

a gushing stream of cold water

down my neck,

I release my stiff shoulders

my breast bone loosens

the binoculars of my heart

read every line in your palm!

In a small salon

two women

share their stories

without a word

and give each other

the gift of empathy.

“This post is a part of ‘UMeU’ Poetry Blog Hop #UMeUBlogHop organized by Manas Mukul . The Event is sponsored by Soul Craft and You, Me & The Universe.”

Diary of a Blog #DecadeHop

This post got a special mention here

2010

Life is a toddler tantrum
she is a blog and a human new-mom
doesn't know the difference between a RAM and a ROM
I am worried how she will manage me @ dot com

2011

Our poems now travel around the world
Displayed now in a cafe in Canada I am told
we are now confident and bold
the baby and I are school-age old

2012

Now we are also the published word you see
There's fame and the rat-rice thingy
We are now sturdy three
Mom writes too much and doesn't let me be 

2013


We begin getting prizes and awards
hard work has its own r-e-w-a-r-d-s
mom seems to get a hang of it seems
we have a HINDI sibling now for the record

2014


We are now branching out to other addresses
feels very good to touch new bases
mom looks at the world now with new glasses
a blog is not just a diary and has more uses

2015


A challenge in this journey, next milestone
we have come a long way on our own
sometimes the words don't easily come by
but we are ready for the unknown

2016
We have become now revolutionary
we have extended every boundary
a voice strong and feisty
we move on with our lessons, wisely

2017

Younger sibling is five now
Parshv Swar is her name!
We are now much more than hobbies
filling our mom's mantel with trophies!

2018

5 years at AtoZ and now it becomes a book

Mummy is on some awesome lists

advocacy and activism our new tools

we are a voice you can't overlook

Pic courtesy: Women's Web

2019

at the beginning of an end

or an end of a beginning 

Are we still new and fresh

or time for the second inning?

2020 

This year we begin a new decade and many of you have walked this journey with us if you think you really know us take this Quiz

Correct answers shall be revealed after this bloghop.



“This post is a part of ‘DECADE Blog Hop’ #DecadeHop organised by #RRxMM Rashi Roy and Manas Mukul. The Event is sponsored by Glo and co-sponsored by Beyond The Box, Wedding Clap, The Colaba Store and Sanity Daily n association with authors Piyusha Vir and Richa S Mukherjee”

OUTSIDE MY WINDOW #WordsMatter

Spring has ended

this one

never returns

Autumn was painful

so much letting go

leaf by leaf

love shed

leaving me barren

Now an endless winter

a snowscaped

colorless misery

outside my window

- the last Juliet!

I received this tag from Shilpa Gupte at Fictionista It’s my pleasure to pass on this tag to Tulika at Obsessivemom There are 47 of us on this Blog Hop and it will be spread over 3 days – 2, 3, 4 August. Do follow the #WordsMatter Blog Hop and prepare to be surprised!