Parade - Thoughts Masquerade

My thoughts gain kinetic energy ready to blow out like the stream from the pressure cooker.....Ssshhhhh....... whistle blows!!!

And out comes all of them running in different directions. Hold on. Don't run. I yell....You are too many for me to handle. Why do you have so much momentum? Pause. Wait. Let me catch up. Before I realise, they are all over the place. Taking different forms and shapes. The good ones become birds. They fly up in the sky, making amazing formations. They are too high for me to capture their pictures. The sad thoughts become wriggling creatures. They are the snakes.They wriggle and hide under my furniture. Waiting to get me sooner or later. Then, there are the thoughts which are new to me. They are the strangers who invaded a territory. They are armed with ammunition. They sneak carefully to avoid my attention. As I relax. They attack. Overpowering me in all this confusion.
Some thoughts are random emotions they become musical and burst into loud commotion.  They are guile. They are knave.  They tease and they threaten. They shout to deafen my senses. They acquire a form. They can again transform. They are not stable, they are mutable.  Just like human nature, they change. They are untrustable! They are masqueraders!
As I seem to notice these thoughts, they began to weaken.  Yes, as I become more aware. They loosen their hold. Finally, I am back in control!

Paradox.......Nothing? by Monika Kathuria

My Paradox 

Where reality ends, imagination begins.

Just a perception - it is your vision.

Blending of light and night...

As I climb up, I sink in depth.

I greet the obsolete.

I walk the paradox!

Nothing ?

Everything must have started with a zero...

When there was nothing.

Was there ever a time, 

when there was nothing?

Nothing doesn't exist...

It is contained in everything.

Yet, everything leads to nothing!

Solitude, lonely or alone.... By Monika Kathuria

 "We are born alone, we live alone and we die alone. Only through our love and friendships, we create the illusion for the moment"- Orson Welles.
We all have felt lonely sometime or the other. It could have been when a friends forgot to call us over, when they enjoyed or when the people we connect with are busy in their work and other commitments. Someone may feel lonely, waiting for that "special one" in life.
In loneliness there is a vacuum or emptiness that follows a person everywhere. It is like an isolation, a heartache and a pining for companionship. One can feel lonely even in a crowd. Loneliness is an unwanted sickness. Insomnia, memories pain and tears are its side effects.
It is like a song ringing in your head which you want to turn off but can't!
Why "lonely", why not "alone"?
It is matter of a perspective.
Being alone is a choice.It is a place to be. It is empowering.No doubt, many times, being alone crosses paths with being lonely.
It gives one freedom to do what one wants. It has sanity.  From being lonely to being alone is a brave journey.
Virginia Wolf said "Alone I fall down into nothingness. I push my foot sleathily lest I should fall off the edge of the world into nothingness."
Enjoy the solitude whenever possible, as it is rooted in peace. Funny thing is, once you start feeling happy alone, everyone else wants to be with you!