Passion...unbridled

Life and mockery

Life at its best is ironic

Throwing teasers our way

With a smile sardonic

Testing us variably each day

What once to you was trivial,

Something that you had dismissed

In a tone light-hearted and jovial

May come back to destroy your bliss..

Remember when you in lighter vein

Mocked at a fellow human being’s misery

The same situation may now cause you pain

You might have set yourself on a road slippery..

When young and strong and full of vigor

We often think we are immune

To troubles that the rest encounter

We think we cannot face such misfortune..

Alas the passage of time will bring

Illness, misery, repetitive suffering

All our cups fill in similar proportions

With negative and positive emotions

Mocking at others never works

Those arrows find their way backwards

Life’s ironies probably spare no one

From fate’s tricks, one cannot run.

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #15

Keeping this post short and sweet..Pizzas decorating the entrance to a house?

Creepy-crawlies made out of metal and stoneA gardener made from leaves- clever!

A Photo a Week Challenge: Comfort

When I think of comfort, I first think of a bed and sleep. This is a photograph of my hotel room during my recent travels.Comfort in prayer

Comfort in sleep

Serenity everywhere

Contentment deep

To quell the noise

Of my chaotic mind

So I can rejoice

In the comfort that I find.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Close Ups

Love close-ups whenever the subject is interesting. Here are my picks:

A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Arid

Linking to: https://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-arid/

Arid are the valleys

Of my broken soul

Fill all the nooks and alleys

With love and make me whole

My heart is dry as a bone

Emotions have evaporated

Melt this grey mass of stone

Let love make me invigorated.

Love once found then lost

Left a desert behind

Extracting in tears its cost

Leaving a void in my mind.

I need showers of blessing

To revive my barren soul

For showers of love I’m obsessing

To fill up the empty dry hole.

Bridal veil falls at Yosemite National Park, CA- reduced to a trickle of water in SeptemberArid winter- At Central Park, New York City in December

The arid Grand Canyon, ArizonaArtificial aridity- Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia PA Arid landscape- at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia PA

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Churches or Any Religious Building

This one is a no-brainer for me- in 2014, I visited several outstanding places of worship, so here are my picks:

St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City

Facade of St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice, Italy

Inside the church of Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy

Inside the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Hindu Temple, New Delhi, India

Tower of a Hindu temple in New Jersey

Inside the Akshardham Temple, New Jersey

One Word Photo Challenge: Copper

Statue of Lord Shiva in the dancer “Nataraj” pose- at Philadelphia Flower Show 2010

Copper-Golden tones of an erotic Cleopatra- at Caesar’s Palace Hotel, Las Vegas NV

Copper wall art-Atlantis Resort, Nassau, The Bahamas

Creative Blogger Award

Woo hoo!

I’ve been nominated for my first award by Sukanya from:

https://mybloggsever.wordpress.com/

Thanks for the nomination Sukanya! I am excited!

Here I have to give five random facts about me and then nominate bloggers to do the same.

1. There is nothing better in this world than to curl up with an absorbing book for me…I absolutely love reading.

2. I have a love for clothes that is probably beyond reasonable. I love buying clothes, creating outfits and styling them differently every time. I also love wearing my Indian clothes in western ensembles and vice versa.

3. I love spending time alone- reading, writing, thinking and introspecting.

4. I often put work before everything else- sometimes unreasonably so, but for me, work is where I find my true expression. (I am a cardiologist in my final year of training).

5. More often than not, I am my own worst critic. Over the years I have realized that this habit prevents me from achieving my full potential, so I am trying to be less critical of myself..

So now, I have to nominate a few bloggers for the ‘Creative Bloggers Award.’

They are:

http://movingtowardsthelight.com/

https://chotisibaatein.wordpress.com/

https://toweararainbow.wordpress.com/

You have to give 5 random facts about yourselves and then nominate others to do the same.There is no mention of limit on number of bloggers.
Also, importantly, please mention the name and the link of the blogger who nominated you.

Happy blogging!

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Yellow or Wildflowers

In my culture, we celebrate the arrival of spring (in February though) by wearing yellow 🙂 Here are my entries for this challenge. These photographs were either taken at Longwood Gardens, PA or the Philadelphia Flower Show at different times.