Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?
I charge with will, no moment I dodge,
Regret finds no home where I boldly lodge.
When action calls, I rise, I strike,
With fire in my soul and thunder alike.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Ten years from now, I walk with grace,
Lines of time, but a glowing face.
Words I’ve sown in lands afar,
My voice now rides the winds like stars.
A poet, guide, and mother dear,
With wisdom soft and vision clear.
I speak, I write, I roam the skies,
In distant lands, my spirit flies.
From quiet hills to ocean’s shore,
Each journey opens up a door.
I teach, I learn, I laugh, I grow
With every step, my truths still flow.
I rise with sun, in peace I live,
With all I have, I still just give.
This life, a canvas, love the art,
A fit, fierce woman with a lionheart.
“No storm is meant to pull you down
it merely asks, will you rise or frown?
What you hold with poise and grace,
never grows into a tangled place.”
Simi
Through the lens of Chandrakala Rathnam
What book could you read over and over again?
In battle’s calm, the truths unfold,
Eternal voice through verses old.
Each reading clears the inner strain
The path through joy, through loss, through gain.
What makes you laugh?
Within my soul, a laughter sways,
A silent song in life’s ballet.
Storm or sunshine, rise or fall,
I find a jest within it all.
For life’s a stage, a fleeting show,
And I must dance where currents flow.
Yet in my core, untamed and free,
Laughter lives eternally.
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?
At five, I cherished tales I spun,
Weaving worlds in golden sun.
Now I write, the dream lives on,
A storyteller never gone.
Ink and soul, a perfect blend,
A tale begun that knows no end.
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?
I wish I had a secret skill,
To touch a mind, to shape a thrill
.
Where thoughts run free, no sorrow to see
For happiness dwells in all, silently.
Yet through my words, both fierce and free
I’ve long become who I wish to be.
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?
I do not bow to joy or sorrow,
Nor let them shape my soul’s tomorrow.
I make them wait, just for a breath,
Between the walls of thought and depth.
A fleeting pause, a silent test,
To see which feelings serve me best.
And if they prove their worth with grace,
I let them rise, I give them space.
Which animal would you compare yourself to and why?
“I am a phoenix—rising from embers, soaring in fire, shining in flight.”
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
When the road bent sharp, and the path turned steep,
More courage stirred, because there were promises to keep.
For every ‘no’ that broke my way,
A stronger ‘yes’ was built the same day.
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