When you drown in your crystal clear tears.

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Trapped in violet jar
Insidious thoughts bottled
Naked truth prevails

Stagnant life is death
Unbottled emotions die
Crystal clear tears

We are all sometimes trapped in the stagnant phase of life, where nothing seems to change for the better. All the hard work shows no fruit. That sends us to this state of mind where we do nothing. The negative thoughts hiding in our head kills us like slow poison. After a while, in spite of the trap being lifted up, we get so comfortable and accustomed in the little cocoon we've built for ourselves, we refuse to grow. We can see the world outside our bubble and wish to be a part of it. But it just remains a wish, we do not make efforts as little as picking a needle and bursting the bubble! We let our dreams grow old and die along with us, the slow death that they don't deserve. They deserve to be fulfilled. 

A wise person will take that step and jump out of the jar while the foolish will still sit inside it moaning over what if he was outside. No magic is going to transport you outta your lil jar, unless you put efforts and stand on your own feet and climb out. Else all you'll be left with is a jar full of your own crystal clear tears, in which you will someday drown and die!

This Haiku is written for the weekly picture prompt provided by The MAG.

Shades of human minds - A Haiku.

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The criminal mind

In Search of hullabaloo

To avoid boredom

The ever active mind

Eyes open to spot more zest

Always on the go

The idle mind sinks

Into state of apathy

Sad spiritlessness

The shades of the working of different human minds is the most complex thing to study i guess. I wouldn't explain my haiku, it's pretty straight forward. An idle mind is really sad, so is the criminal one. An ever active mind is the best when used constructively. So which one is yours? 

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'ZEST'.

P.S.   This whole month has been an amazing time with all you fellow bloggers. I wish i had come across this site before April so that i could complete the whole month challenge. But i 've happily succeeded in posting a haiku everyday from the day i began which gives me a great sense of satisfaction and happiness. I would like to thank all of you for making this such a happy month full of comments,compliments,criticisms and good wishes! Hoping for more fun together... Cheers!

Drowning in ennui - A Haiku.

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The vista beckons

Springs up a rainbow for her

More mollycoddle

Her eyes still stare long

Endless panorama reigns

Drowning in ennui

Open inner eyes

When heart fails to see colors

Life is black and white

When sadness enters our lives, most of us refuse to see the brighter side. We choose to continue being in the dark for a long long time. There are so many people we love who try to cheer us up, pamper us, but we continue to drown in the feeling of  a tedious boredom. Life seems to come to a halt and we look at the colorful world with a black and white view. It's then time to open the inner eyes, so our heart can capture the beauty the world has in store for us and be happy again!



This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt is 'ANY TOPIC' for today and so i chose 'ENNUI'.

A Century of my world of words! - My 100th post :-)

My words built a new world for me,

A new passion, a new goal, a new family.

Handed me opportunities whose existence i never knew,

A century passed by and i still feel as if they were just a few! 

This is my 100th post... Boy! Am i on top of this world today. When i started of with Miracles Happen, i never thought i would make it this far. What started as a curious indulge in the blogosphere, has gone on to be a very important part of my life. You can also say i'm kinda addicted to blogging now.

This has been such an enlightening journey. Learning new things, new words, new forms of writing. Ahh! I've loved it all. I've met amazing fellow bloggers. Feels like there's a virtual family of my own hosted up here.

The best achievement in my blogging journey has been having my parents loving my writing so much that they are my most regular followers. Not only do they read, they read it over and over and they say they're proud of me. What more does a daughter need to climb up the ladder of happiness?! A day of no blogpost ends up with a call from mom asking why i haven't written one today. The eagerness with which they wait to read my new posts keeps me going. It boosts me with the energy needed to think and design a new post.

I think it's their blessings along with the love of all who support me, said or unsaid, which helps me come up with a decent post almost everyday. 

Thanks to all my readers for visiting my blog and leaving all the encouraging comments that kept me going. Thank you for all the love showered my way. Wishing for the best in your lives. Well... what more can i possibly say, Believe in miracles... coz Miracles Happen! :-)

Cheers!

Shower of rejuvenation - A Haiku.

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Long hot shower waits

Tiresome bad day at work

Thoughts pour, not water

Worries bubble up

Unanswered questions gulped in

Subdued emotions

Water wipes tears

Clarity washes off stress

Rejuvenation

The joy of taking a long hot shower after a tiring day is the best stress-buster known i think, maybe with some soothing music playing. You enter with the load of your worries and problems, only to come out unburdened and feeling light, fresh and rejuvenated! 

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'CLARITY'.

Rosy lips of temptation - A Haiku.

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Insidious play

Pulls up red skirt more higher

Forcing eyes her way

Alluring gestures

Seductive eye roll, man gapes

Curves of her chassis

Another prey trapped

Rosy lips of temptation

Cashes the young night 

Physical desires have always been one of the greatest temptations i think. Hindu Mythology also quotes the 'Apsaras'(Heavenly damsels) being called upon to disrupt the meditation of the most powerful sages. Then how difficult can it be to divert the minds of most weak-minded youth! Most tend to succumb to the pleasures without giving it a thought rather than search for some meaning, some sanity in their acts, which is really sad.


This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'TEMPTATION'. 

The pangs of scorching summer.

The rooms feel like over-heated ovens and there’s no sleep to catch amidst the tossing and turning on the bed all night, until i throw myself on the floor, which gives me some relief. Ahhh! The unbearable pangs of heat! Getting out of home without an umbrella is like inviting sun-burns or a super-tanned skin. You must have noticed the impression of your footwear tattooed white on your feet, or that of your wrist-watch etching it’s way on your hands. You haven’t ? I certainly have! Thanks to the scorching sun.

Even a few drizzles in this scorching summer is a blessing in disguise. So carrying your umbrella around is not a bad idea, it will protect you both from the rain and the sun… and yes, the dogs too!!! 

Read more at The pangs of scorching summer!

Sweet drops from heaven
Trickling down your face, fumes rise
It pours in summer

Night waves sing berceuse - A Haiku.

Night waves sing berceuse

Bedlam in my skin wiped out

Leaving behind calm

Pandemonium

Scored out of my psyche, no signs!

Melody prevails

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There's nothing like lying by the ocean in the night, with the waves lapping your feet, the wind howling, the sound of the waves singing it's choicest songs for you. Tranquility personified, worries lost, problems hidden and bliss at it's peak!

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'MELODY'. 

Carpet of stars - A Haiku.

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My snowman answers

Shapes self in reply to me

I ask to see my kismet

Snow melts to water

Sparkling glittering flowing

I follow it's way

Middle of nowhere

Carpet of stars shine above

Realization

We are always curious to know what fate has in store for us. Some believe in making their own destinies, and others believe in fate. But whatever it is, future is something you cannot see. You can guess, you can try, but you cannot see it. At the end of the day, when i go look at the stars shining in the beautiful night sky, i like to believe they are the ones who know it all, and they will always guide me through this journey of my life, to my kismet!


This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'KISMET'. 

Vision of bliss - A Haiku.

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Unseen bound shackles

Vision after release - bliss

Push back other side

Many a times we find our lives stagnant held by the chains we cannot see. We come with a lot of baggage from the past, not ready to lighten up. But when times are really bad, the strong visualize the blissful life they can lead by shedding their fears, loosening up and fighting for the release from their worries. And that hope helps them come back from the other side to where they belong. They push back their negativity to make way for a wise, happy, blissful life.

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012 and The MAG. The prompt for today is 'BLISS'.

P.S. Thanks to Jaideep from Philosopher's Stone for introducing the magic of 'The MAG' to me! :)

When lessons went astray - A Haiku.

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 Lessons gone astray

Children look up to strangers

Bad shadowed morals

Soft brains hard moulded

Vexed parents glance the future

More wishful thinking

Vast horizon spreads

New chances flood, good or bad

Choose bliss, misery?

If time turns around

Right path back in clear sight

Learn from old mistakes

The tale of wise parents looking helplessly as their children stray from the right path coming in influence with bad company of strange people. When nagging, advising, scolding, hitting doesn't help, all they can do is sit and wish, pray to God that a miracle saves their little ones from the big bad world. If the children are wise enough to learn in time and choose good over bad, there is bliss. Both to the parents and the children. Else, it's the beginning of a misery-filled path to doom!

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'BLISS'.

Spellbound, mesmerized! - A Haiku.

 Pearls match ocean white

Mermaid swims up to the rock

Waits for prince Charming

Lil' star fish whispers

'He arrives on full moon night'

Lips curve to a smile

Gazing brightest star

In love, her thirsty eyes seem

Spellbound, mesmerized!

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'MESMERIZE'.

Queen Earth's brown banquet - A Haiku.

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Queen earth's foliage

Verdant once upon a time

Reigned the green carpet

Fresh, Exuberant 

Subjects bowed with lush respect

Happy Buds to flowers

Ample tiara

Still, rests stamped upon bald head

Brown banquet awaits

This Haiku is written for OSI and The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompts are 'VERDANT' and 'STILL' respectively.

Familiar face, mistaken identity - A Haiku.

  

Stare at calm surface 

Eerie reflection stares back

Still river? Mirror?

A tear leaves eye

Pearl drops create black ripples

Haunting memories

Familiar face

Mistaken identity

Find lost self again

Situations and circumstances in life have at times changed people beyond their own identification. Sometimes it's willing and other times you don't realize what you have turned into. There then comes a time of blankness when you retrospect, looking into the mirror, unable to recognize yourself! All the previous series of events spanning over months or years together flash before your eyes as you stare unblinkingly at your own image. You identify your face, but not the person anymore. That's when you know it's time for a fresh start, a time to find your own identity again.

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'STILL'.

My third Versatile Blogger Award! :-D

I just got awarded my third Versatile Blogger Award (with a different picture ;-) ) by sweet Harshita Srivastava from Relationship Vows(Woes). She writes about relationships, the beauty of it and also the bitterness resulting from it sometimes.

It's always a pleasure being recognized by fellow bloggers. The rules for accepting this award -



 
1. Thank the person who has nominated you and shout out loud.
2. Pass on the award to 10-15 bloggers.
3. State 7 random facts about yourself.
4. Post the award pic on your wall.





Thanks soooo much Harshita.. You made my day! Whooooopppppiiiieeeeeeeee :D

As for the awarding and speaking about myself, as i've already done it before, i would love to link back to Wow.. Now i'm versatile too..!?

It's a happy day!


 

The magic that is Serendipity - A Haiku.

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 Spot silver windchimes 

Shimmering water reflects

Neverland portal

Tinker bell swoops through

Sprinkles happy magic dust

I sparkle and fly

Cute little hearts blown

The fairyland awaits me

Serendipity!

Serendipity is such a beautiful, magical concept in itself... I think it is my favorite word since i watched the Movie. A happy accident, some unexpected good luck, a lucky charm are all the best gifts a dreamer can expect from life. Wishing for some serendipity in everyone's life. Amen. 

Once in a while it's nice to escape the realities of life, close your eyes and float to the dreamland. The perfect place you wish for. Not necessarily a fairyland... that's my muse. But being in the neverland for a while, getting in touch with your dreams, your insane wishes. Sometimes it's the time spent here, far away from reality that helps converting dreams to realities. So are you ready to be sprinkled by a little magic dust yet?

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'SERENDIPITY'.

Running around in circles - A Haiku.

Ruined theater

Puppets eye renovation 

Strings always attached

Cut the old strings loose

Lost, they strive to find new ways

To restore the past

In life theater

Running around in circles 

We - the real puppets

If life is a theater, we are the puppets with invisible strings aren't we? Stringed not just to the one who plays us, but also to those with whom we love to play, to those with whom we bond, to those with whom we share our lives... and finally also, we are entangled by our own strings imprisoning ourselves at our own accord. 

We get so used to getting our strings pulled and complaining about it, if one fine day someone comes along and cuts all our old strings, is it freedom? No.. the unknown territory scares us. We yearn to restore things the way they were. Familiarity is what we seek. We prefer to run around in circles, rather than choosing the path that leads us out of it.

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'RENOVATION'.

Heal for your honey - A Haiku.

Not sting, not attack

Buzz is what it's all about

Work for the honey

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Pain by the loved stings

But move on, if not for you

Heal for your honey

Honeybees are the one of the most busiest creatures i've heard of. Disciplined and hard-working. They buzz all the time to work, to collect honey. They don't mean to sting or attack, do they? For when they sting, they die. So i wish we din't make them feel threatened! Anyway, from honeybees i learn not to work by stamping others on our way up. Work to achieve your goal in the right way, work to be happy. What is working if you don't enjoy it, and what is success when you can't share it with the people who helped you all the way up?

Nothing ever goes according to our plans always. God and time have their own clock running for us. So when unexpected events occur involving our loved ones, especially the ones which hurt, we are shattered. It hurts, but do we sustain that pain forever? Why? A true person who loves you would never in the world wish for something bad to happen to you, whatever the situation be. So if not for yourself, heal for the one you love. Heal for your honey.

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'HONEYBEES'.

White wings soaring high - A Haiku.

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Tossing and turning

Eyes not shut, still dreaming on

White wings soaring high 

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You see white in black 

The good in bad, right in wrong

Why turn a blind eye?

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Fireflies in jar

You force em in with a lid?

Glow even when trapped

They say dreams are not only what you see when you are sleeping. Real dreams are the ones which don't let you sleep. Watching dreams with open eyes, planning and then living it someday is what we call dreams coming true i think. 

As i've mentioned in one of my previous haiku, every situation seems to have two sides. You can always find something good in a bad situation, and negative in every positive one. It's all about the perspective. All about what we choose to see. So no use turning a blind eye to the less obvious.

Fireflies like real dreams strive to light up the world, not just home. Even after trapping them in a jar, they still give you light. Just like people with real dreams. They are trapped by the stereotypical, not-ready-to-change people around, but does that keep them chained to their home? No! They work, they toil, they strive, they glow at any cost. Their dreams - their driving forces.

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'WHITE'.

Live the melody of life - A Haiku.

Walk under full moon

Stars shine mysteriously

Wander and wonder

Sweet music seep ears

Live the melody of life 

Resonates with soul

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This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'WONDER'.

Don't go, be alive - A Haiku.

Scream howled through the hall

People outside impatient 

Operation light

Red to green it goes 

Man hurries to still closed door

Expect joy or death

Nurse comes over with

Little baby boy in hands

Life into being

Still sad faces loom

Man looks beyond to wife pale

No breath, not alive

You're so precious

You're so important

Don't go, be alive!

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'BEING'.

Titanic - Hundred years since its sinking!

15th April, 1912 – The day death loomed over thousands of people as the ship sank, gradually.. taking with it the precious lives on it. Yes, today is exactly 100 years since the great Royal Mail Ship ‘TITANIC’ sunk. A day of dread for the very many who perished, the ones who survived it and the ones who lost their dear ones on it.

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 Click here to read more -  The Sinking of the Titanic - Hundred years since the dreadful day.

Leave held breath and breathe again - A Haiku.

Wipe trickle of sweat

Pop that life changing question

Silent tense moments

Hear your quick heartbeats

She says - "Yes, I'll marry you!"

Sublime emotions

See dreams coming true

Leave held breath and breathe again

Hold hands together

Run around the field

Wind blowing through open hair

Feel joy, feel alive!

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This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'ALIVE'.

An aura adorns that soul - A Haiku.

Disturbed heart seeks ease

Angelic drops from heaven

Cleanse wild agony

A dribble of love

With scent of happy spirit

Now, aura adorns that soul

Light shines from within

The heart, not dark anymore

Beats young with new life

When a young heart immerses itself in pain, it seems like the end of the world. But the wise know that though the stimulus of this melancholy is triggered by something/someone, the suffering is self inflicted. Pain is unavoidable because we are humans. We are born with a beating heart which feels, and pain is a feeling. But suffering? That's a choice i think. The moment you decide to stop suffering, the darkness filled in the heart is flushed out, filling it with bright light and new hopes. It beats again with a new zest for living a life. 

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'AURA'.

The beauty of warmth - A Haiku.

The warmth from the sun 

Helps some and hurts some more, yes?

Two sides, good and bad!

Warmth from a mother

Teaches some and spoils some more

Too much is too bad?

Warmth from a lover

Cheers some and pampers some more

Never enough, crave more? 

Too much of something is too bad sometimes. And sometimes no amount seems ever enough. There is almost always two sides to everything. Something of which you couldn't have enough of, might someday be something you don't wanna see/feel/hear/experience ever again. And vice versa!

This Haiku is written for The Heights of Haiku - April 2012. The prompt for today is 'WARMTH'.