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  • when days get darker, then i lie
    to myself, that light is beyond
    the sky, bowed beauty, graceful, true
    ideas flourish, stars anew

    26 October 2022
  • reinvention, not always fate
    pushed, dragged into identity
    take this role, form new goals, so great
    no longer drowning in pity

    gangubai kathiawadi

    25 October 2022
  • oh diwali, here we all are
    sparklers bright, fish frying delight
    oil baths, bollywood movie night
    still moments, i reflect on life

    24 October 2022
  • wake up, the light is blinding bright
    begging you to see beyond, ask
    what is important to you? now?
    what do you want? … I’ll think on it

    23 October 2022
  • identity, named, branded bold
    always grateful, never a goal
    does it change? does it fade like ink?
    or like pencil: erase, rethink

    20 October 2022
  • i counted my blessings today
    one, two, three: savor gratitude
    for there are far worse things that be
    than woes, recursive, binary

    13 October 2022
  • what a hairy problem we face
    can I touch it? no, cover it
    remove it everywhere it shows
    each follicle, grown and policed

    #mahsaamini #donttouchmyhair #hairremoval #hair

    12 October 2022
  • you try so hard, at everything
    silently demanding respect
    oh silly girl, you will find Worth
    exists in you, not in output

    11 October 2022
  • every woman is a princess
    beautiful inside, out, and whole
    protect, help, persevere always
    nothing can take your worthy soul

    a little princess and princess protection program

    10 October 2022
  • and it’s back, energy, power
    v g h c community
    i’m not alone: i cry, i stress
    we share, we support, we will rise

    2 October 2020
  • creativity, now it’s gone
    to return when i’m safe and good
    for now the spark has been put out
    til i, the world, are understood

    ruby bridges

    15 August 2020
  • every small thing adds up, piled high
    frustrations scrape the glass ceiling
    let go, don’t vent, forget, move on
    sure says I, perched on my white lie

    11 August 2020
  • write. it. all. warped and unpolished
    proposal, pitch, idea, thought
    don’t wait, please. your mind is too full
    release the pressure, now refine

    3 August 2020
  • film is immortality posed
    stories retold, in framed false folds
    it defies perfect memory
    yet keeping what emotion holds

    cool runnings, secretariat

    2 August 2020
  • worry is not siloed, sealed off
    saran wrapped and frozen in ice
    it dissipates and vanishes
    when shared like dessert, slice by slice

    om shanti om and mrs. america

    1 August 2020
  • will they come home? safe and healthy?
    will they come home? safe and healthy?
    nothing else matters, nothing else matters
    will they come home? safe and healthy?

    incredibles 1 and 2, pad man

    31 July 2020
  • two hours, and joy takes my heart
    what i was meant to be realized
    teach, perform, shine, bright as you can
    darling’s found her life love, so wise

    30 July 2020
  • time close, looming insecure
    post its lose strength, fall exhausted
    shifting cal blocks, tetris for time
    no more said, i’m working tonight

    29 July 2020
  • speak your mind or regret silence
    those are your choices, darling girl
    better to vomit all your thoughts
    to you, to someone, to the world

    28 July 2020
  • gratitude, like silent glitter
    sprinkled gently when all is done
    family, friends are so precious
    when they see more in you than some

    27 July 2020
  • i made contact in distant times
    found connection to my mind, thoughts
    and through great pressure, ripples form
    from a drop of conversation

    26 July 2020
  • truth hurts, queen Lizzo says boldly
    unearthing self limits and doubts
    yet better to know and see them
    than ignore and shut people out

    25 July 2020
  • crazy ones aren’t relatable
    it’s difficult to understand
    the contortion of self and soul,
    quick changes so she is not damned

    24 July 2020
  • competition, a good driver
    yet it shines a light on mistakes
    uniqueness is not cursed distance
    but a success route with my strengths

    23 July 2020
  • twenty-nine: penultimate dread
    that I missed the milestones of age
    but as I reflect on my haves
    I am freed from this covid cage

    22 July 2020

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