When My Heart
Is A Wounded Birdie
When
my heart is a wounded birdie
Can't
name its pain
A
poem is born.
It's
like...like going through the birthpains, the spasms, breathlessness, the
nerves ready to burst forth...
It's
like...like the whirlpool arrested, frozen...
Behind
the white shroud of ice
Ready,
oh ready, to break the walls and flow gurgling, tempestuous, spontaneous,
vigorous!
It's
like...like the clouds dense and dark
Pregnant
with celestial waters...
Ready
to downpour and quench the earth's thirst...
It's
like...like dipping your pen
In
your own blood,
Or...bleed
profuse!
I'm
awestruck oh creator!
How,
oh how, could you create this entire world!
What
spasms, what breathlessness, what great unease, you might have undergone!
My
pores are filled with wonder, HOW!
HOW
do you manage the controlling threads of so many puppets dancing at a time!
A Languid Noon
A
summer noon it is,
sitting
by the window,
that
looks onto the terrace.
A
small birdie 🐦,
pecking
from the sand grains,
the
squirrel with the bushy tail
some
heights trying to scale.
The
trees standing tall,
their
shadows tilted,
reclining
on the shadowy bosom of grounds.
Koel
filling the bill of vacuum around.
Men
trimming branches to shape,
the
black cat yawns,
the
grasshopper flits about,
the
cow moos at some distance.
Perspiration,
restlessness,
the
loud silences.
The
very wind in the grip of languid noon!
Not
a leaf cares to flutter. 🍃
Some
wooly, puffed up clouds,
wandering
around,
pregnant
with hope.
The
never ending wait,
with
lids unfurled,
waiting
for catharsis,
the
earth,
the clouds,
the
birds and...
...
me.
Snippets!
Puffs
and puffs of clouds
pregnant
with hope
celestial,
pure,
maiden.
Raindrops,
wetting
my being,
through
and through!
This,
not
the first time,
I'm
humbled,
beholding,
the
craftsmanship of His!
Bewitched,
I
stare,
dumb,
exhilarated,
inhaling
sheer ecstasy!
Maya Khandelwal
Maya Khandelwal: Happily married to
writing for years, Maya Khandelwal is a poetess par-excellence. Living her
fairy-tale love in real life, she is a happy person beautifully at peace with
life. She is also the member of the editorial team of an eminent women's
magazine named Pinkishe. A BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE is Maya’s first book, an unabashed
portrayal of her own Random Call Love with her emerald eyed dream guy. JUST
ZINDAGI is her second book, a collection of short stories where she, as a
writer, slips into the skin of her characters, faithfully painting the canvas
of life with colours of emotions varied. A wanderer at heart and with poetry
running in her blood, her words strike a chord in the hearts of her readers to
echo for long. WORLD UNION OF POETS has
conferred the honour of being the PRESIDENT of the VIRTUAL GALLERY of the STATE
of RAJASTHAN upon her. The latest feather to her cap is FIREFLIES, a teenopedia and a complete guide to
parenting, in the present scenario. Maya has also co-authored I AM A WOMAN - a
fervent tribute to KAMALA DAS , SHETHESHAKTI and MERI KAHANI by LABACADEMIA.
She's also been picked as one of the most esteemed women writers of India by
INCREDIBLE WOMEN WRITERS OF INDIA 2016. She's been touching human nerve as a
motivational speaker through her videos available on YOUTUBE under the title
HAPPY EVERYDAY.