I had to say it

Snippets of thoughts
Slowly form into rivulets
Meandering in my brain
Growing with the current
Gaining momentum
Crashing the obstacles of speech
Bursting through the barrage of reason
Eroding the resistance of stereotype
Rising and falling over little doubts and hesitation
Into a mighty pool of expression
Pushing forth into words.

SYMBIOTICALLY

Like old gnarled trees
In an otherwise barren land
We twist and root ourselves
We reach out wide and deep inside
For souls filled with light
Grasping thoughts
From swaying dreams
We absorb the wisdom of life
Then transform ourselves
And twine some more
That's how amity survives.

Telepathic Proximity

Transatlantic conversations
Teetering and tottering
Ticks of black and blue thoughts
Grins and sniggering
Between the lines
Peppered with happiness
A mere chat
The ocean but a table across
Bridging the gap

PATTERNS REPEAT

Hailstones rap against the glass
Clatter with a beat
The rain fills in the silence
Of a thunderstorm
Much like
Criticism raps against the soul
Feeding the pandering audience
While murmurs fill the awkward lulls
In conversation
As does
Excitement rap against the cage of your chest
Pounding your heart
Magnifying emotion
At a new idea.

--Shivangi Vyasulu

LIKE A MINCHU

She nips and bounds
Chews and pounces
Whines and yaps
Wiggles and wriggles
Until she fades into a nap

She twitches her paws
Dreams of running
Licks the ground beneath
Imagining food

She wakes up
Yawns in bliss
Stretches out
Her little limbs limber again
Bounds, pounces, yaps & wriggles
Once more in sheer abandon.
-- Shivangi Vyasulu

CYBERDRONE

Woe is me
My mental state
My mind is hanging
My brain's a paste
More neurons firing
I cannot take

Take me away
My battery is dead
Take me away
I'm a cyberdrone of lead

Flashing lights
Warning beeps
My system is crashing
My electrolytes replete
More programs
I cannot run

MOOD ENHANCERS

The ones that breathe
my breath with me
Fill my mind with
Hope and glee
That make me laugh
That make me see
How loved I am eternally

The ones that strengthen
My heart and soul
That fortify
And make me bold
They scatter all my
Doubts and fears
And replace them instead
With feelings of gold

The ones that make
My spirit soar
That chase away
pain and regret
And make me roar
My strength and dreams
Unearth once more
I thank you so
For the love you pour.

Centripetal force and convoluted thoughts

When your brain concocts reasons,
Thoughts that keep you awake
Explanations that are gibberish,
Expectations that have no basis
With words that mean nothing,
Are in a tune that's misinterpreted
I grapple for the truth
I cling onto morsels of logic
I grasp for a theory
A flimsy reason
Or a rock solid alibi
I quiver, twitch,  and shudder
The fragility makes me wince
The past makes me shiver
In retrospect,
maybe it was
A mistake swept under the rug
A topic not worth missing

Clean slate

The thunderstorm
Washes away
Cleans the cobwebs
Clogging my soul.
The crack of thunder
Exorcises my demons
My hesitation
Replacing it with clear water
Clean glass windows
With a glimpse
Into my future
My fortune
My destiny
My karma
My rainbow
A snapshot
Of me.

Irony

The irony of it all
The jolt of electric impulse
Courses thru the spine
Triggering off the need to flee.
I stay.
I'm strong.
I'm right.
I know.
Flight is a coward's tool.
It doesn't belong with me.
I refrain.
I draw upon my faculties.
The impulse wanes
Ebbs and subsides.
The freedom that comes with it
Fills my senses.
Liberation- that's what it is.