Posted in a special bond

The Sculptor’s Gift




She carved with love, she carved with care,
With the softest hands and whispered prayer.
Each subtle touch, each measured art,
Was shaped from pieces of her heart.

“I want for you what I never knew,
Wide open skies and a colourful view.
The strength to stand, the choice to roam,
To shape your dreams and call them home.”

The daughter heard, yet longed to fly,
To test her wings in the open sky.
For every bird, however dear,
Must fly from the nest it holds most near.

The mother watched with anxious eyes,
Remembering her own roads and old goodbyes.
She dreaded the storms, the hidden bends,
The quiet wounds that living sends.

The daughter said, “Believe in me,
The woman that you helped me be.
Your love has made my soul much strong,
Your lessons will guide me all along.”

The mother smiled through silent tears,
And saw beyond her countless fears.

For what is love, if not grace,
To let another find their place?
And what is youth, if not the art
Of carrying home within your heart?

So be her daughter, be her friend,
Before the seasons reach their end.
And while  the moments still allow,
Stand for each other, starting now.

Let guidance walk with freedom’s hand,
Let trust and tenderness both stand.
Loosen up the rules,  that you have made,
Live each day creating memories that never fade.


The sculptor’s gift was never stone,
Nor keeping what she called her own.

It was to nurture a soul so bright
That  body and mind could not keep her away, from walking into the light.

And the daughter’s gift, before goodbye,
Is not to cling, nor drift, nor fly,

But to turn around and let her see:
“The strength you wished for lives in me.”

Simi

Posted in perspectives

The Ledger of Light

The sunset is a ledger,
inking light into the lake,
a contract between endings
and the colours they remake.

The water is a question
wearing stillness as its skin,
a lock that never opens
yet keeps letting you walk in.

The sky is just a whisper
that the day has one more breath,
a fire that doesn’t burn,
yet warms the edge of depth.

The hills are quiet witnesses,
jury to the dusk’s soft trial,
shadowed, but not absent,
silent, but not in denial.

The tree is not a tree at all,
but a map of who you were,
roots below the surface,
stories tangled in its blur.

And you?
You’re the ripple,
small, unseen, but real,
proof that even stillness
has a pulse it tries to feel.

Reflection isn’t memory.
It’s a lantern made of glass,
it doesn’t show the journey back,
it lights the way you’ll pass.

Simi

Picture credits: BDS

Posted in reflections on human nature

Veiled Truths

What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?

A smile that hides a secret ache,
A kindness worn for self’s own sake.
When truth is veiled in soft disguise,
The heart senses where danger lies.

Posted in poetic musings

The Intersection

Stone walls hold stories, quiet in their grace,
While wheels and whispers rush through time and space.
The rain hums softly,  old and new entwine,
Where roots and roads converge, the soul aligns.

Simi

As captured by Jayati.

Posted in Perspective

Eternity Lingers Here

Between these walls of paper and ink,
lie worlds far deeper than we think.
Each spine a doorway, each page a key,
unlocking the vast infinity.

Time folds gently where stories reside,
wisdom and wonder stand side by side.
Amid the clutter, a truth is clear,
eternity lingers, quietly here.

Simi

As captured by Jayati

Posted in travel musings

Miles That Return to the Heart

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.

Beneath distant skies where strangers dwell,
I carried my roots, yet wore them well.
The furthest path was a circle’s art,
For every mile led back to heart.