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Je ne regrette rien Lady Butterfly “Je ne regrette rien” may be your mantra but not mine I can’t be like you Lady Butterfly – You’re the Queen, of the colours Emerald Green and the Blues of Sky I admire you but I never want to be like you Lady Butterfly-   You got out […]

When Fear Creeps In When I open the windows or the door When I look up at the ceiling or the floor   At times, sometimes, it’s everywhere It is around me and it is within me   It sticks like glue Like clawing gum right under my shoe   It chokes me, then leaves

Freeze I was told, time cannot be captured It flies, it runs, it plays so many games But there is a trick up my sleeve – For I can trap time in picture frames!   I can freeze time in picture frames I can freeze time in picture frames…   Sands of time, dear sands

Rain asked me to dance There was a drop at firstThey soon turned into restless lines and streaks on my window panesThere was a tap and another And there was an infectious humming of the winds; waiting for the dance-to-the-rain games I looked at my window panesThey turned into a canvas for abstract art emerging

I walked on words I walked on words of fame and shameSometimes – Glory; Sometimes – PainI cruised over statements of Love and DespairDid not bother; did not care… What are statements and words? They are nothing, nothing! But I am lying! I’m lying through my teeth! Words are everythingThey break and makeThey ruin and

Rain told me to dance like there is no tomorrow What shoes must I wear?Which gown must I drape?I was blushing before my dance “with the rain”;There was so much to gain, for I would be dancing in the rain! I must dance like there is no tomorrow I shall dance in the rain sans