Dr Vidya Hariharan

A promise is meant to be kept,
Breaking it leaves a scar,
Invisible they may be, but
They cause you to not go far
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Love, loss, death, sorrow,
Belief, mockery, hunger,
Laughter, trust, happiness,
Birthdays, Promotions,
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The mind is a monkey
It jumps about so
Leaping from crisis to crisis
Forever on the go.
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When darkness falls, as it will,
Day turns to night, at its will,

The soft evening colours fade,
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I know
There are many out there
Who know more
Than me,
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Looping and straggling in thin strips
And big lumps undecipherable,
Over rocks, poles and deep pools,
Long distances are covered in minutes.
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"He's lost it", they said.
"He's mental", they whispered.
No one cared about what led to it,
The overwork, the stress,
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The princess trapped in a golden cage
What she needed was wisdom sage
And an action man to get her out
But he was a teeny bit of a lout.
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That's all it takes to make a change
To alter the world in a major way,
You begin today, this very minute,
Care a little bit, do a mindful act,
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My neighbour gives me stuff,
Tasty food, gossip and guff,
She rings the bell and calls me out,
Whenever she has a doubt,
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spring shoots-
hope surfaces
along with the weeds
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She never said, she loved me
Not once, not even when I was ill,
But she kept the food hot
She knew my asthma would worsen
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A world spinning off axis
The sun appears in a mist of dust
One single pearl hibernates
In an ocean full of empty shells
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People say, be like grass.
The storm does not harm grass,
Flood waters flow over it.
Learn to be quiet,
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The mask slips for a moment,
making you aware
of the hidden face,
kept under wraps
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regrets pile up
leaves in the garden
unraked
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The word has weight,
It's a weary soldier
In the war we wage
Within ourselves.
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silence -
lack of noise
where are the people?
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The Cold that Freezes Your Nose

I walk down the aisle
And strike a pose
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If I had to be reborn
I would like to be a cat.
Why, you ask, a cat?
Well, then, do you not know
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