Open Letter to 22

Dear 22,

I see you
In my rearview,
Smiling,
Stark contrast to the crying baby,
I now hold in my arms.

22 I see you,
Twirling in the perfect dress
In your ‘perfect’ shape that you call
A ‘work in progress’…
Unknown of the scars you will bear
When birthing your child…
Unknown of the uphill climb it will take
To get back to this shape,
You may or may not reach,
While you struggle to find,
The ‘now perfect’ dress
That will hide, your imperfections.

22 I see you,
Wake up early 
for your first real job
After a good night’s sleep
While I go on my 2nd day with no sleep
And a sick baby… But 22, I want you to know I adore you,
I am proud of you for chasing your dreams
And smiling against all odds,
Just like how you will smile,
With a sick baby in your arms
Reminiscing about the times you were young
But never for once trade who you have become…
A warrior with battles to fight
A cook that creates a storm at night
A lover who lives to love
And above all
A mom,
Who holds this baby in her arms…
22, I see you.

 

Me on my 22nd bday many years ago haha…
poetry and image copyright neha 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can also find this piece on my Instagram handle @doodlesandmusingsofnewmom (https://www.instagram.com/doodlesandmusingsofnewmom/)

 

Happy National Poetry Month to all my fellow poets, I will try to write a new poem everyday this month, starting with the one above!

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Letters

She wrote letters
of the aching heart
on the stars
under the halo of the moon

poetry and image copyright neha 2017

 

Letters to the Heart

And when the feet writes letters to the heart…

of the places it would rather be,

the heart always smiles,

for all the paths in the world…

would lead it home,

where it belonged,

always.

POETRY AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT NEHA 2016

Writing letters

And when the feet writes letters to the heart…

of the places it would rather be,

the heart always smiles,

for all the paths in the world…

would lead it home,

where it belonged,

always.

POETRY AND IMAGE COPYRIGHT NEHA 2016

 

 

Dear Blog Spammers

Dear Blog Spammers,

 

I am writing with a request 

which I must stress

as you fill up my inbox

with rather useless, comments…

that you please stop messaging me. 

 

I do not care 

that there is an “asics singspore sale”

nor that my “SEO is fail”

and I WILL NOT be clicking on that link

you have mailed,

so please stop messaging me.

 

I am tired

and am sure so are my friends

to see the same old words

pop on the page

which at times 

makes me want to rage

at my innocent computer screen…

 

So although this is probably a futile attempt

but by if by chance you happen to read this,

I greatly insist

dear blog spammers,

please stop messaging me.

poem and image copyright neha 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Letters

You missed handwritten letters

and seeing the alphabets portray a distinct character

of the sender,

on the page.

poem and image copyrighe neha 2015

 

 

Letters with your eyes

Writing letters with your eyes,

Sending them off with the stamp of your laugh lines,

to the world

copyright neha 2015 poem and image

Letters from your eyes

please click on original thanks 🙂

forgottenmeadows

I wait every morning,

for you to wake up,

to get my letter from your eyes.

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Calling all Poets/Creative Minds – Writing letters by the moonlight

Here is it is! Thank you to all who contributed 🙂

forgottenmeadows

As the last collaboration was such a success, I wanted to start another. This time I will give everyone a week as I realize some of you only blog once a week. As usual I will add all contributions in different colour and list the contributor in the same colour at the end of the piece. I will add it in the order they come. Hope you all will join in on this one 🙂 Thank you!

Unwritten letters of the heart,

which you always meant to start,

sitting by the moonlight…

A thousand words spun from my soul.

I cannot see through blinding stars

These tears by summers moonlight shed

The pen of my mind idle

As words unwritten fall to the floor

Of a broken heart

By loves denial

Opalescent beams pierce the inky dark.

Open arms that embrace my dreams,

and carry them into the ethereal blanket…

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Writing letters by the moonlight – Two days left!

Hi Everyone,

 

Just a reminder that the collaboration will close at midnight on Saturday, June 14th, 2014 (EST). I will be posting more collaborations in the future but if any of you still wished to add to this one, there is still time…here is the link below 🙂  Thank you!

 

https://forgottenmeadows.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/calling-all-poetscreative-minds-writing-letters-by-the-moonlight/