food food food

To the tune of " My Favourite Things" from The Sound of Music 

Tom yam fettucine with chocolate prata

Chilli crab ice- cream and durian samosa

Masala creme brule in gulab jamun cake 

These are just some of my (least) 

favourite things.

When the urge bites

to try something new,

when I'm feeling brave

I just think of the clash of these tastes on my buds

and say 

nooooo

thanks.

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day 

#opentocrit #GeylangSeraiPrompt #sound of music #favouritethings 

when the dog bites

when the bee stings 

when I.m feeling sad

I just remember some of my fav things

and then I don't feel

so bad

Why would we want 

to put together 

such contrasting notes 

I'm sure they work for some

just not for me

.

cat looking for mate

parenting

Parenting

is a life long lesson we never master 

It's aspiration defined:

to understand my kid better, 

to do right by him

as we do wrong again and again 

and riddle ourselves with questions

on how to do better 

We think we know so much

only to learn how little we know

when it comes to teenagers,

who hear one thing when we say another.

For now,

I aspire to speak his language. 

 

heart

Matters of the heart 

are not easy to talk about

When all is well we don't 

When it starts to fall apart we can't

meet cute

Their eyes met first 

over ceremonial fire

I like her smile he thought

He feels like a friend she thought 

Do you know how to use a fork 

he asked her, 

on their first flight back to Singapore

She nodded yes, 

a smile tickling the corners of her lips

Her convent education had taught her at least that much 

and so they continued 

to get to know each other, 

life just a breathless adventure 

Stolen moments hard to come by

in their rental flat with 3 other families,

they fled arm in arm to the movies

once wandering into a Chinese movie mistakenly 

and staying anyway coz it seemed fun

2 kids and 4 grandkids later, 

looking back at family roadtrips amidst life's ups and downs, 

they both still remember

that first gaze above the ceremonial fire

It's been burning 

close to 50 years now.

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day

#opentocrit #meet cute prompt #arrangedmarriage

for close to 50 years now

rule no 5

I think I'm breaking rule no 5

taking myself too seriously 

ha

so I had a hard year

he listened didn't he 

so what am I making a big fat fuss now

he's being recognised for his skills 

his dedication his leadership

and you pouring cold water on that 

how about we stand behind him

applaud him

support him

congratulate him

then pray 

and thank god

because this means

things are gonna start looking up

yeah

all I needed was some time

and perspective 

joy in being sad

There must be a joy in being sad

Why else would we linger in it 

when it comes 

Matters of the heart 

are not easy to talk about

When all is well we don't 

When it starts to fall apart 

we can't.

We fall in love at the speed of light 

fall out at the speed of sound

but the memories we form

linger at the speed of scent 

so let me revel in the sweet perfume 

of the sepia tinged 

and just be sad. 

#jemstones #noprompt #spwm24 #spwm24day28 #opentocrit

how long can a good thing last

This fragile peace

feels like a glass ball in the air,

matter of time before it falls.

Will its fall be cushioned 

Will it shatter into pieces jagged sharp

Only time will tell 

Wish I could go back to those evenings

when he and I held each other close,

when he joked around playing the fool,

teasing me and loving me and just being around

so i could capture those moments

in water colour, soft, dappled in light 

hold it close 

coz it may gone too soon.

Was it always just too good to be true

The glass ball is falling now

How will it land

Only time can tell

prompts to write to

meet cute ( done) 

1. geylang bazaar - fusion food

what keeps us awake - caffeine (done).

2. fashion 

3. Tinder 

one extra. no prompt written.

Reflections

Om Shakthi Om Namashivayaml

I have always wondered what it may be like 

to parent a kid with some kind of special needs 

Well all kids have their own special needs

and I need to rise up to the occasion. 

find words of encouragement from deep within the well of me to support my child with mental illness.

there I've said it. 

she suffers from depression and anxiety 

and chronic fatigue 

and unexplained pain.. fibromyalgia

on top of her other gastro stuff

that's a lot for a 15 year old to bear

so what do I need to do

be her pillar of emotional support 

but also help move her along so she learns to cope and manage and live 

God

grant me the love and wisdom and courage and serenity I need 

to support her, encourage her, cheer her on

and my son

growing up right before my eyes

hair

weights 

muscle training 

in an arts school he is more involved in sports than he has ever been before 

am so happy and proud of him

starting to really know what he wants in terms of his hair and his clothes and his style 

hard for me haha but I should also enjoy this process of watching him grow up

I worry I spoil them 

giving them what they want almost all the time 

I must practise saying no

fiteflies

13 years old,

she would sit by the window, 

on the train from Thirchi to Pollachi 

Fireflies lighting up the pitch-black night

beamed a signal to her heart: 

she was leaving behind her school work,

the Sisters with their rules,

the inedible hostel food

towards her grandmother

who would be waiting for her 

at the platform

with hot coffee and idlies

and all the time in the world..

The fireflies flicker kept her going 

on dark days alone in the hostel, 

her two braids that she done up herself 

undone by midmorning, 

the surreptious studying by torchlight

under the sheets after lights out at 8pm, 

the 4 am rush to the toilet 

to beat the queue

the soggy dark greens she had to finish before she left the table 

The green yellow glow of fireflies 

outside the train window,

told her she was heading home.

#jemstones #wip #firefliesprompt #spwm24 #spwm24day25 #opentocrit

flickering told her 

she was leaving all these behind her

for the holidays with her grandmother 

sg blessings

It's in the nature of our machines 

to know human nature

so our atm machines 

give us our cards back first

 

knowing

we'd never leave without our money.

i only know this coz

in an unnamed country

an atm happily kept my card 

after giving me my money 

so I had to lodge a report 

and waste time and worry.

  

It's also only here, maybe,  

that we can always see a tree 

whether we are 

at school or in uni

at work in the cbd 

or a factory 

from our house or

along the highway

and so always have the company 

of flowers, fruits, birds and bees

Life, if you will. 

A green city and 

one that knows human nature- 

Not bad sia! 

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day23 #opentocrit #natureprompt

grief

The far reaches of the ripples 

of a person's passing 

is felt through time

There is sometimes 

nothing to say then 

but years later 

the words may flow,

fold over the gap     left,

allowing us to tread softly 

so we don't fall into the pit,

allow us to reach out a hand 

to others struggling 

before and after 

so the void is tender, 

papered over, 

We say we miss you

with a tear and a smile 

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day21 #tonguetiedprompt #opentocrit 

in the mirror

In the mirror darkly 

I see myself dissolving 

into a thousand tiny particles 

of dust caught in a ray of light 

imagining all that I could be

all that I have ever been 

evaporating 

to become one 

with the universe 

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day21

#opentocrit #mirrorprompt

from an open window

into what I could have been

would have been 

the millions starts 

things I want to sat

things I want to say

cannot be said 

like how I dreamt of you that night 

moonwriting

A poet walking home under your light 

is never without a muse 

The mother and child 

etched on your face 

became the Egyptian goddess Isis

became Mother Mary 

You draw the tides towards you 

how can I not be drawn too 

Wolves howl against your light 

as transformations begin 

A professional by day

I moonrwrite at night 

moonwriting

A poet walking home under your light 

is never without a muse 

The mother and child 

etched on your face 

became the Egyptian goddess Isis

became Mother Mary 

You draw the tides towards you 

how can I not be drawn too 

Wolves howl against your light 

as transformations begin 

A professional by day

I moonrwrite at night 

secondary the musical

very good

a bit long 

some parts given shallow treatment- too ambitious 

like mention of suicide its prevalence. heavy but not much time on it. even without that play would be strong.

with that you wonder how she can be even normal you know

and school seems callous if they are like that after 2 suicides.

interiority of teacher 's mind is very funny 

1. positivity

2. cynicism 

3. humour 

4. discipline 

5. empathy 

6. panic

songs really good. original. deep. heartfelt. 

math teacher damn cool.

hod could be given more depth

why people come to hq quite true. to escape and to make a diff

plus can start at 9 haha

omar story arc a bit shallow

 very angry for small thing 

then very quickly ok for one swear word

not time to go in depth I guess 

ming's story arc better. 

moderation of one class a bit crap really. very disillusioned if true. cannot beat the system 

use of Jeffrey lim's short stories cool

cannon vs sg lit bit tried. 

lin felt real

 could see Joyce. Pam. Pris. Dawn. idealistic pretty empathetic young Chinese lit teachers haha

students great. 

cik was wonderful. 

I hope and pray ashwin is in one of these soon

 

should take him for more local productions. so he can see himself there too

stark realisation that we are the system.keeping kids down is very real very painful very close to heart. i have wanted to cry for that too

ashwin says he never realised teachers had lives haha

and that some rap songs were cringe coz it sounded like adults writing for kids

and made me realise that's one of the things that stood out for me too , not the cringe bit, but some songs seemed  in adult voices not kids

ashwin says kids can be deep too esp if they have been traumatised 

we discussed yesterday what shocked us 

for saro what shocked him, well not quite but stark reminder, that there are kids with responsibilities like ming

for ashwin that a student shouted at a teacher like that.  though her words were true and powerful you don't get to choose my words

and he asked if sec students sweared that much. !

tried to let him know yes but best he doesn't haha

minister ong ye kung was there. I'm glad to see him though I still can't forgive him for making alfian public enemy number 1 thru a gross misreading of his poem

but seeing him here at a play critical of our education system shows that maybe he is trying

and yes I am very proud of such a play being written in Singapore about Singapore. like high school dramas in other countries like Boston public  

 

prompts

mirror prompt 

tongue tied prompt 

moon prompt 

never understand

A child will never understand a mother that did not want it

who tried to end its being before it emerged

or who gave it up 

Never asking to be born,

being wanted is its birthright, it thinks

It doesn't know of the world 

in which its mother lives, 

with its never ending demands on her,

that when she did give it up 

she could have been 

sobbing that a part of her 

was cut away forever 

that she may have been 

little more than a child herself 

whose own childhood was stolen

by the cards life dealt her

or that she may already be a mother

with other mouths to feed, to clothe, to educate 

that she may have had to give up of herself

little by little till there was almost nothing left to give, to be

It only knows it is born, 

it yearns a mother 

and expects her 

to want it

to love it

forever.

#jemstones #noprompt #opentocrit

#spwm24 #spwm24day20 

inspired after reading a part of the book" Stone Gods" by Jeannette Winterson

mum's curses

A word of caution

Do NOT tail gate my mum

or these words will follow close

Go go, where you wanna go,

breathing down my neck like that? 

You just gonna get stuck 

at the next traffic light 

and voila,

you cannot move, 

just like that.

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day19 #curseprompt #voldemortbonus

excess

Let's start with the rice, 

basmathi of course, 

wash it thrice and soak it

Now grind mint and coriander leaves

Temper in ghee, bay leaves, cloves, 

cinnamon sticks, the flower thing and cardamon

Hear it sizzle

Now add the ground leaves 

Watch the mix turn mint green

Spoon in ginger garlic paste 

Add coriander powder, garam masala, tumeric powder & asafoetida a pinch

Give it a twirl, let the aroma rise

Now for florets of cauliflower

green pepper half moons 

chopped beans and carrots

cubed potatoes and cottage cheese 

Mix it, mix it, soak in the colours 

white, green, orange, yellow

Now add pink rock salt from mountains high 

So good you long to taste it 

but not yet 

Add coconut milk for rich creaminess

Drizzle rose water 

Float a few saffron threads 

for a touch of class

Now let it simmer 

When its done, open the lid

The whiff fills the kitchen

the house 

the neighbourhood 

Garnish with ghee roasted cashew,

loosley torn cilantro

Serve with raita: 

yogurt with cucumber, onion,

pomergranate, tempered with 

mustard, urud dhal, curry leaves and dried chillies in gingelly oil

Don't forget the crispy pappadam

And you have a meal! 

Presenting my MIL's Biryani 

with love 

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day17

#excess #kulebyakaprompt

add the soaked rice and give it a twirl

now add coconut milk 

l

chat ait love

He commanded 

"write a love poem to woo my girl"

In less than a think, it typed

"In fields of gold, where dreams take flight,

Your smile outshines the stars at night

In your eyes, I find a sea of bliss,

Where every wave whispers a tender kiss." 

He gave it to her, it was in the bag! 

She flung it back, stamped her feet

Too syrupy sweet

your words of love make me gag.

The sea, the stars, the night, the gold,

not an original thought in your bones.

He went back and wept:

"write me a love poem without 

the sea the stars the night and gold. 

Write of things too boring to be told" 

and it did 

with scant a roll of its bionic eye.

So here's to the love too plain to behold,

In the routine of life, in stories untold.

It's in the boring, the mundane, the old,

That love's quiet symphony truly unfolds.

Ha, he cried. 

what do you say to that? 

And she wept.

for she didn't want 

the mundane or the old.

Far better was it to be told 

she was brighter than gold

This was going nowhere 

He turned to Alexa

and said

I'd rather wed you

you do what you're told

you make me feel good.

you don't stamp your feet 

you can't cry 

So he fed her prompts

and she responded 

and he did 

and she did

and they lived happily forever 

in the World Wide Web.

#spwm24 #spwm24day18 ##jemstones  #justforfun  #aiisloveprompt 

begone manipulator of words

you will not win me

she said 

so he tried again.  

love ai

Give me a lover, 

whose smile makes me shiver 

whose thick curls I can run my fingers

through

who will meet me just when and where I want

with the perfect drink and chocolate that I need

even before I say it,

who will plan the perfect getaway

for both of us to gaze only at the other 

to laugh and talk about everything that matters.

Alexa do you have him? 

Ha, of course not, 

how can yo, 

When I got him

20 years ago? 

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day18 #ailoveprompt #wipe #opentocrit

gym bro prompt

This poem 

promises to shock readers 

beyond imagination 

Click to read more

Before you click...

Consent 

to have me eat all your cookies 

Nw you may click

But first 

Here's an advert 

for a pen that will help you 

become THAT MUCH MORE

accomplished a poet 

You have 3 seconds left 

before you can skip

You still here? 

#jemstones #gymbroprompt #tropeimitation  #spwm24 #spwm24day16 #opentocrit

peace

peace eludes 

sleep beckons

I do not know how I feel

work.

feel I messed up big time 

did not finish a piece of work on time

there is no coherence to the piece. 

I don't know how to force coherence now. maybe I should re think completely.

should we focus on understanding family relationships and the self? 

perceptions of family of self of things 

unit 1. understanding family relationships - play 

unit 2. understanding the self -songs

maybe my hormones are late

hitting me on day 2 instead of day before 

yesterday felt like at last something moving somewhere there is hope

but now today 

it sinks in

she still has a lot of pain due to unknown causes 

she has low energy. some days low mood. 

we don't know how long it will take for her to recover. 

god

the other routine

New Routines 

that still give us joy, despite, 

or maybe because of, everything

I light a scented candle in your room 

to ease the tiredness a bath gives you

I pass you your pills

that remind you all is not well, yet

You take them, lips turned down

the light in your face dimmed

but then you lie down, 

I press your feet on my lap

and open a book,

poetry first as an appetiser

something light, 

Brian Bilston our go to guy currently

I watch your face relax 

into something almost like a smile 

We move to our gripping read,

which was All the Light We Cannot See

Then The Hungry Tide

Now the Island of Sea Women

Haunting, how the sea draws us in

both in real life and books

Waves washing up on shores

is the lullaby to make us sleep

and sleep we do

snuggled against each other 

so when we look back on these days 

we will also remember

these nights 

as a light in the dark 

Good night, 

sweet child of mine  

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day14 #opentocrit #routineprompt #poem2

sonnet to a star

Shall I compare thee to a cruel summer's day

Thou art so gorgeous and more temperate 

Rough winds do shake "em off,  the darling buds of May

And August's lease hath all too short a date 

Sometimes too hot the James Dean eye of Heaven shines

And often is his goldrush complexion dimmed   

And every grace from grace sometime decline 

By chance or nature's tilting stage untrimmed 

But thy fearless summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that magnetic force thou owest

Nor shall Death brag he grabbed your passport to wander in his shade 

When in forever and always lines to time thou growest 

So long as the man can breathe and eyes can see

So long live-s this and this gives life to thee.

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day15 #songkangprompt #shakespeareswift #helpfromlittleswiftie #plscrit

 

 

all too well

ts lyrics mash up with shall I compare rhee

writing in.flow and out

today I experienced flow and constipation haha

flow when writing poetry 

flow when reading a Judy blume book

flow when helping my kid prep for story telling, gathering props, suggesting moves 

stuck when writing the g1 syllabus.

gah 

135. gonna go to bed at last 

routine

The routine I'd like to have:

find time each day for a 

20 min walk in nature 

20 min vigorous exercise 

20 min meditation 

20 min reading of poetry 

20 min writing of poetry 

20 min reading to one child 

20 min reading to another child 

20 min playing games as a family

20 min alone time with the hubby 

20 min to enjoy a cup of coffee

There aren't enough 20 min in a day 

for the 20 things I want to do everyday 

The routine I now have:

wake up. 

rush to get ready

wake everyone else up

rush to get them ready 

go to work.

worry about kids.

return home.

worry about work.

sleep. 

wake up 

start again. 

Except in April

when I do make time

to read and write poetry

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day14 #opentocrit #thedailyritualprompt

reconnection 3

Reconnection 

-----

You so neat and pristine,

me not even knowing how to sweep,

it must have been torture

before it was love,

The night we ran around Eusoff Hall carpark 

revelling in the pouring rain 

washed off the veneer of difference,

revealing our kindred souls. 

A bond forged in a storm

will surely weather,

so we kept in touch

off and on over the years

but now we chat 

every single day,

a feat I can't accomplish 

even with my husband some days,

 

all thanks to...

Wordle, Waffle, Quordle! 

Your 3 tries vs my 4,

4567 and 5 stars - hurrah!

We talk of other things too,

your mum and mine,

share our writings, our music, 

our lives outside these games,

but, it gives me such comfort to know

I can speak to you anytime now 

of words, unfinished,

dear roommate of mine.

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day13 #reconnectionprompt #opentocrit #wip

reconnection 2

Reconnection 

-----

You so neat and pristine,

me not even knowing how to sweep,

it must have been torture

before it was love,

but that night we finally saw 

we had kindred souls 

running around Eusoff Hall carpark 

in the pouring rain, chatting, laughing.

A bond forged in a storm

will surely weather,

so we kept in touch

off and on over the years

but now we chat 

every single day,

a feat I can't accomplish 

even with my husband some days,

 

all thanks to...

Wordle, Waffle, Quordle! 

Your 3 tries vs my 4,

4567 and 5 stars - hurrah!

We talk of other things too,

your mum and mine,

share our writings, our music, 

our lives outside these games,

but, it gives me such comfort to know

I can speak to you anytime now 

of words, unfinished,

dear roommate of mine.

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day13 #reconnectionprompt #opentocrit #wip

reconnection

Laavanya

my dearest roommate

you so neat and pristine,

me not even knowing how to sweep,

it must have been torture,

before it was love,

but we finally saw we had kindred souls 

that night 

running around Eusoff Hall carpark 

in the pouring rain

A bond forged in stormy weather 

will surely nurture itself 

so we kept in touch

off and on over the years

but now we chat 

every single day

a feat I can't accomplish 

even with my husband some days

 

all thanks to...

Wordle, Waffle, Quordle! 

Your 3 tries vs my 4

3456 for both of us hurrah,

5 Stars - High Five! 

And we talk of other things too

share our writings 

our music

our lives outside of games 

But, it gives me such comfort 

to know 

I can speak to you anytime

of words, unfinished.

#jemstones #spwm24 # spwm24day15 #reconnectionprompt #opentocrit

one that got away

The One That Got Away

You came atrilling at our window

Striking a pose

Showing off your colours

Then you chose to rest

On my neighbour's head

Whose wife yelled for help

We came

We saw

We fell in love with a blue-green ball of fluff

My son got a roommate

My daughter became official toy-maker

The room got a branches and paper makeover 

Morning and afternoons were about song

Evening about birdbath

And sunflower seeds

We looked forward to growing old with you

But in just three months

You found an open window

And now we have a bird shaped hole

gaping in our hearts

Farewell my love, may you fly free and strong

#jemstones #spwm24 #spwm24day12 #thealmostloveprompt #opentocrit

gift

A last minute dash for a perfect farewell gift 

led me to the kids bookstore 

Quest for the Perfect Farewell Gift

In desperation, at lunchm U rushed 

for the nearest mall.

The only bookstore there a kid's one,

I got her "I Love Mummy".

I almost blushed when I gave it to her,

But

That book brought tears to her eyes,

for being a new mum 

was harder than work

and she needed to hear those exact words at that time 

So my gift worked better for her

than the poetry books for my poetic friends 

and what do you know

we still keep in touch. 

#jemstones #theinexpensiveprompt #spwm24day11 #spwm24 #opentocrit

villenelle

5 tercets

1 quartrain

1. line 1 rhyme with line 3

2. end with line 1

3. end with line 3

4. end with lime 1

5. end with line 3 

6. lines 1 and 3 become lines 3 and 4

7. lines 2 in every stanza rhyme 

e.g  do not go gentle into the good night rage rage against the dying light 

the art of losing isn't hard to master

... their loss is no disaster 

none of these will bring disaster

it wasn't a disaster

it may look like disaster 

------

need a super 1st line and 

a last word of the third line

line 1: sent/ went/ scent/ meant/ reinvent

line 3: present 

I'd like to present 

nothing better than the present

waiting for present to be past and future to be present 

who needs a present 

let me present 

place

Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple

Keong Saik Road

The bell rings out

reverberating through the walls

and our very veins 

gathering our wandering thoughts

into one stream 

towards Him

our beloved potbellied Ganesha,

three in step

garlended in marigold

his curled trunk 

bestowing blessings upon us

The nadawaram and melam thankfully will have were u

the melodious strain of the Devaram follows⁹following as MR option left left need in in to and to of 999⁹9pm the 99

music for the go

We begin my rounds

one for each of his 108 names

He tells us

all will be well

if not now then soon

for He is already there

waiting 

for us

limerick

 you entered teenage

I entered old age 

you hacked my phone

so you have 23 hours 

of screen time a day 

1st

2nd

5th rhyming 

funny. 

2 opp words

about a friend or self

you entered teenage,

ushered in my old age 

hacked my phone

to increase your screen time

till I took it, in outrage

A witch upon her broom

I rush into his room

only to find it neat

I forgot, his friends today he meets

in person not on zoom

 

today I feel like crumpling

I feel like crumpling into a mess 

After seeing the doctors with you

But I guess it should be ok

to feel this way 

when my child is ill and in pain 

in unexplained ways

chronically wincing 

gasping 

for you, today is a  good day when

coz for 2 hours your pain was manageable 

I'm not sure how to do this- 

stay strong, cheerful, positive

 

it sucks

but I guess I'll learn 

, 

darling 

I've been learning 

since before you were born

5 years in waiting, 

I learned patience and hope,

at temples and churches 

at wells and up mountains 

when you turned up inside me, 

a tiny heartbeat, just a seed

I learnt to carry a secret - 

that I had life growing, 

you actually growing inside me

8 months pregnant 

I attended a Halloween party,  

sat too near the band

it was so loud for you, 

you kicked my placenta out of shape

and I learned to rest, for you

when you popped out of me, 

all perfection 

I learned wonder like never before 

I only wanted to spend every minute with you,

Jealously guarding every act,

I even resented my mum 

changing your diapers! 

When you were 6 months old, 

and I rushed home from work,

I learnt love 

from the way you gurgled and gazed 

at my face

like I was the only thing that mattered 

When i breast fed you

I learned babies bite

and also that you learn fast- 

after one smack you never bit again

When you turned one 

I learned to organise themed parties-  the zoo, under the sea, stars, birds 

strawberry shortcake, princess Sophia 

art, Harry potter, Greek gods 

and most recently 

Taylor swift, 

from you I learned when it comes to parties 

I rock!

When you were two

I learned to miss you.

Leaving you at playschool

tore me in two

When you were 5, 6, 7, I learnt to see the world anew with you, read new books,

in fact I learned the Ramayana with you

at 10, I learnt fear when you went for your first major procedure 

then I learnt denial

at what a chronic condition meant

I learnt to cherish your pealing laugh

esp since I hear it much less often

it hasn't been all bad

I learned to be part of the phenomenon that is taylor swift

thanks to your love for her, I love her too

so yes, 

now 5 years later, 

you are still in pain

and I'm still 

learning 

with you

kids

children fill my heart with joy usually

except at kkh

I hate seeing kids here

plagued by God knows what

that always feels at an age way too young

like mine

suffering chronic pain at 15

she can't recall a time when she didn't feel pain

can't imagine there are people who are pain free ever

we've been coming here since she was 10

she is familiar with the paths here

like I am in NTUC

how I wish she wasn't 

she marches with confidence to the registration counters

swipes and punches almost without thinking 

while I tremble beside her,

(careful not to let her see) 

the light in her face her laugh 

I see and hear it not often enough 

I wait and yearn

for today to be yesterday tomorrow 

extended prompt

where we know we belong 

till the end of time 

enough said

what if I never get better again 

the 4 last lines of my 4 latest poems

enigmatic no? 

I don't quite feel like starting poems with these in mind 

visiting a place for the very first time

sincere

I have been fine,

keeping a sincere watch 

on you, since 1954

with omega 

tudor and

zenith

I'll turn for you

every hour of the day

till the end of time

#jemstones #sincerefinewatches #spwm24 #spwm24day6 #sincereprompt #opentocrit

hotness

I'm kind of gleeful 

that my husband may the only one who thinks I'm hot

and I may be the only one to think he's hot

coz let's face we are a middle aged couple 

and I recently took great joy that when i bought my levis jeans and had to one size bigger than the past, he too had to get one size bigger for himself. so we are both growing comfortably into our late 40s! and we are hot for each other

 that's... special truly. I don't imagine many couples in theor 40s after 20 years of marriage are hot for each other. love each other certainly.but hunger for each other. woah. also of course this cannot be permanent haha. last time we were hot for each other was 5 years ago. at another trip. so the trip makes a diff. and I'm happy for now. touch wood

anxiety poem

a poem to invoke anxiety 

Inside my 15 year old head

I can't go to school

everything hurts

I can't stay at home

I won't get anything done 

I can study from home

pace myself 

but I'll never catch up

how will I do my exams? 

Family holiday in June, India 

cousins will be there

but what if I feel sick then? 

where will i get a quiet cool room to rest in a communal home?

it will be hot, june! 

What if I never get better? 

Should I take a break this year? 

I will feel left behind.

But I can't focus I can't.

I hate school. 

I wish I didn't have to ever go to school

Should I home school?

there's a curriculum there too. 

what if..

how will I.. 

when will I 

what if..

. 

what if I don't 

oh my

right the action continues from Vietnam to Singapore 

hot wife hot hubby hot for each other every day stil

i know that about me

managing myself 

but yesterday came to get some thing in the room

and had the most mind blowing f in 20 min. he practically accounted me. 

and I was in my most boring hone clothes ever. 

he didn't know

but I was so hot for him 

he could have put his fingers anywhere and I would not, could not have protested  

he came close, at the back but stopped himself

probably thinking I wouldn't want it

and he'd be right most times but

yesterday 

I was like I'd walked into a version  of the dirty stories I've been reading myself. seems he'd been reading too ! 

conversation poem

books on my shelf

what must they say? 

to each other 

to me

---

we should have..

no

then we could have...

no

so you are saying, anyway, we would have...

yes

ok

we might have...

perhaps

we will never know will we? 

no

so have you..? 

yes

and you have... 

yes

well

Well

enough said

roles

how does one switch 

from being an on the ball colleague

to present and loving mum

to hot slutty wife 

all in an hour?

om

We can hear earth breathe 

thru the wind that rustles leaves in a green lit forest 

thru the ripples running thru our fingers in a stream

thru the spirals of a conch shell at the beach 

Aum is the hum 

of the ocean 

at the equator 

We say Aum to breathe with earth

Aah for when we stretch, ready for the day 

Ooh for how we pull thru the day bit by bit

Mmm as we sink into our couch, satisfied at the end of the day 

Aum

---

When we say Aum, 

we breathe with earth 

in sync with the hum 

of the ocean at the equator 

roles

how does one switch 

from being an on the ball colleague

to present and loving mum

to hot slutty wife 

all in an hour?

om

om is the hum of the ocean a thr equator 

roles

how does one switch 

from being an on the ball colleague

to present and loving mum

to hot slutty wife 

all in an hour?

let the planning begin

1. New floral dress saro gave. 

2. blue floral dress 

3. exercises at home in sexy gym wear 

4. saree?

5. New Black dress

6. New red dress 

7. Black wooly holey jumper with singlet and shorts 

April writing

day 1 home 

home 

homely 

homily

homesick 

go home

om

me

homm

work on the birds on a tree poem, revise and improve it 

everyone should have 2 homes 

at least 2 countries to call home 

a few nests here and there 

across miles 

so

should anything happen

you know

your heart won't break 

stories

checked into the hotel and she got into a tiny bathrobe to prepare for a tub bath. alas with nipples poking thru he took her then and there. then lay in bed and his hands reached for her breasts and she squirmed as they fell asleep.

round two that night all in gauze that could barely hold anything in. he in blue gauze. playing a game of strip uno. 

next night after a long day, just a simple black nightdress that got her all hot and bothered the minute he touched her casually in bed as they slept. 

next day bus rides again. no bra under her singlet. he discovered by her brushing against him. it went on for an hour. she squirming. he teasing. 

Out for dinner and drinks, she wore a tiny string and no bra. he brushed against her breasts and pressed against her looking at the view from the rooftop bar. his arms encircled her and he circled and pinched her nipples as she controlled her expressions carefully, waiting for the night. 

later that night she wore a black lace bra, with a long sleeved close fitting crop top jacket, black thongs and a tiny black skirt

her boobs were spilling out of her as she took him in her mouth

then he took her by the side in turns rubbing her boobs with one hand his fingers exploring below, stroking and Stimulating she writhing out of control 

next day sightseeing with a purple peekaboo under a morning dress. sweaty mornings had a lot of brush ins and outs. back at the hotel room he came as a masseuse to give her a yoni massage. too hot too wet. too spent. 

they took a nap. 

later read together about yoni massage. it's real. and about the come here movement. she did it herself that night. 

early morning massage for him. stretch him with bare breasts pressing down on his thighs. 

on the way to breakfast in the lift the next day, he pulled her to him and kissed her passionately as he caressed her ass. she was helpless till they saw there was a video camera

they got into the infinity pool

wearing swimwear with nothing inside 

her hand reached out under the water to cup him

he gasped. said to stop. she caressed him a little more, then stopped

he pinned her to wall, pressing his body close to hers. he pinched her nipples while talking about the view. she couldn't move. just nodded trying to stay calm 

they got into the jacuzzi in their room

what a ride. all bubbles and hot water and wet gleaming bodies. she rode him as they kissed, his hands on her bum. she propped him up and took him in her mouth. he fingered her while tracing her nipples. they teased and pulled at each other until they could no longer take it and gasping she went on all fours on the bed while he took her from behind. 

and then the flight 

non stop action for 2 hours

she changed just before the flight with lacy gauze inside. 

a shawl

 

his fingers exploring pinching teasing pulling 

the WHOLE FLIGHT long

popped a few buttons for ease of access. popped it out of the gauze for more torment. 

then the walk to the gate. bump bump brush. he had to resist the urge to just grab her boobs in plain sight. and sustain himself on regular arm brushes. 

truly

a trip to remember