NAZIRA'S NOTEBOOK

Tag: #poem

  • Small World

    She seeks refuge in her bedroom A suffocating box of stilted air A curious place to hide, she knows But it is preferable to what is out there Out there are faces that mock, words that sting Comments that like sharp knives slide Through the enforced perpetually-jolly-exterior To all that is vulnerable inside Out there →

  • The Elephant In The Room

    Here I am In the midst of Wellbeing promoters and Diabetes preventers and Obesity tacklers and Inactivity busters and Life extenders and Inequality enders and Champions of healthy starts And middles and ends Here I am An example of everything We are trying to eradicate A living breathing Textbook illustration of Patient PH Marking the →

  • Remote

    You thought it hurt to be alone But to love someone you cannot hold… Your fingers reach out to touch warm flesh But all they get is cold screen. You gaze into pixels shaped as their eyes. You want to move forward into their embrace And feel like you’ve arrived home, But if they are →

  • Deadly Sin

    He doesn’t need to entrap you With the forbidden apple Or entangle you in one of the seven.Many fall short of heaven By falling for the whisper ‘You are not enough.’ →

  • Interpreter Wanted

    Though I have The God given gift Of two ears with which to hear – Tuned into speech Of the English variety, With a little Gujarati thrown in – Lord knows I struggle to understand. Because words aren’t the full story When people don’t mean what they say And bodies speak another language And eyes →