To Noah

You’re turning four today, Noah. And how my heart wishes that New Jersey is not as far as an eighteen-hour plane ride away. I terribly miss your smile, your bright smiling eyes, the warmth of your hugs. What I wouldn’t give to have you in front of me. You’d probably look at me with [...]

Writing at Midnight

I’ve written more than a few pieces, beaten more than a few deadlines, kept vigil in front of my Dell more than a few midnights already. If Cinderella leaves the ball lest her gown turns to rags at the strike of midnight, then I follow the reverse order. I could slip on my gown, enter [...]

Two Questions

I got tagged!
So here I am, keeping my word to Karina (www.blogwhisperies.blogspot.com)by answering the two questions she asked, which incidentally, she thoughtfully answered herself. I told her we had a few things in common, and in the next few sentences, she is about to find out.
What are the things you enjoy, even when no one [...]

If words were clothes

If words were clothes,Then what do we always wear?Are we usually garbed in kindness and courtesies,In pleasant how-are-yous and thank-yous?Or are we often shabbily dressed in verbal attacks and gossipsIn loud how-could-yous and whispered did-you-hear-abouts?
If words were clothes,Then how could the most beautiful ones—Made of the silky fabric of love, stitched with the thread of [...]