Change can be beautiful….

Sometimes we fear change even though we long for change. It is genuinely a frustrating state to be in, this kind of state feels like running in circles. Have you ever felt this way- you want something, you really really want something, but even before you can take any action to have the thing thatContinue reading “Change can be beautiful….”

How Resilient Can One Flower Be?

-Anshudha Garimella The whooshing sound of the wind carries a foreboding gust of melancholy The seeds of hope are also in the wind along with the weeds we do not need Everything is at risk How resilient can one flower be? She’s in the wind the storm is destroying every pretty petal and every delicateContinue reading “How Resilient Can One Flower Be?”

I blame the moon for my mistakes…..

-Anshudha Garimella There’s mysteries in the sky But I don’t believe that the lines on our hands, show us to the galaxies perched up high You and I, we do have a cosmic map in our minds That entwines around our nerves In the form of our thoughts They shoot out of our consciousness andContinue reading “I blame the moon for my mistakes…..”

Reveries #5: You have fallen into an impressionist painting

Dear readers, Here is another meditative reverie. The point behind these reverie posts is to give the readers a little bit of an interlude. To read something mellow and relaxing about nature. For those of you who are new to this blog- the reverie posts are like a playlist or an image to get lostContinue reading “Reveries #5: You have fallen into an impressionist painting”

Things to enjoy about autumn right this minute

There are things about autumn that last for just a minute. They drift away quicker than autumn leaves. With every autumnal minute the sun gets paler, the temperature cooler and the winds rougher. Soon autumn will lose its colour and all we will have is the grey winter. But as long as autumn lasts, thereContinue reading “Things to enjoy about autumn right this minute”

Reveries #4: Those Autumn Leaves

This following reverie is about the autumn aesthetic. Imagine yourself as the ‘I’ in the story. Autumn leaves hang loosely from the branches, suspended in their glory one last time, they are barely hanging on. Some leaves fall before some others and some still haven’t changed their colour. Autumn leaves that fall and take awayContinue reading “Reveries #4: Those Autumn Leaves”

Colours of Autumn

Learn from the autumnal colours, let go of your past and breathe in autumnal colours. Green Breathe in the soft green foliage, the remnants of summer memories. Green is the colour of freshness, nature, growth and calmness. Breathe in these words. It does not matter that the green is about to go away now, itContinue reading “Colours of Autumn”

Things we can learn from Autumn

Welcome the month where everything is colourful and warm, at the same time the month where the past dies. To lovers of summer, autumn can be a bit of a bitter moment, but autumnal death can be very empowering depending on how you look at it. If you choose to kill the things that noContinue reading “Things we can learn from Autumn”

Welcome Autumn

For me, Autumn has always been a bittersweet transition. Because I always saw autumn as a page not a chapter. To me, it was just a moment between summer and winter. Autumn for me was a very real reality that my beloved summer was leaving me now. But the more you think about the beautyContinue reading “Welcome Autumn”

Lilac

-anshudha garimella Lilac drips down the sky Around the clouds, it entwines Enveloping the atmosphere You can find the dreamers there Their hopes and their songs Interlace with the pastel colours of their dreams Lilac falls from the sky To soothe the ones with weary eyes It’s been a lonely night Seeing things in blackContinue reading “Lilac”