Tag: #SoCs

• We are connected

  

  The train is chugging along. We’ve booked seats in the AC compartment- the windows are sealed, so, you can’t open them. Since it is the monsoon (rainy) season, it’s cold in the compartment with the AC on. So, I step out with my husband to take a break from the AC and I stand in…

  Smitha V

  June 29, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #culture, #journey, #life, #love, #nature, #people, #poem, #relationship, #SoCs, #statesofindia, #train, #truth, #unityindiversity, #weareone

• In the land of my forefathers

  

  I wrote this poem on Father’s day but couldn’t post it then as I was traveling. Returning to my hometown after three years and three deaths, wasn’t easy. I wasn’t even sure why I was going there except as a mark of respect for the people who were responsible for the person I am today.…

  Smitha V

  June 21, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #aftercovid, #childhood, #community, #family, #fathersday, #home, #India, #life, #Mangalore, #memories, #neighbours, #poem, #returninghome, #roots, #SoCs

• October poem: Thank you, God

  

  Thank you, God, for the breeze that blowsthat caresses my face and around me flowsFor the carpet of flowers that fallen liesAnd for the soft peaks of floating dreams in the skiesThank you, God, for eyes that seeAnd let me in awe beof each fluttering leaf and each bent bough, that in the garden grows,And…

  Smitha V

  October 3, 2021

  Experiences, Poetry

  #breeze, #feelingthankful, #gratitude, #inspiration, #life, #motivation, #nature, #October, #poem, #SoCs, #Streamofconsciousness, #Sundaymorning, #Thankyou, #thoughtfortheday