by Oshin Daniell | Nov 18, 2022 | Words Worth While
Ukiyo (n): Japanese word which means living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life Dear Hurt, Your arrows don’t hit me anymore, You see, I have a shield now, The kind that protects me from every blow, So, I look you in the eye and say “not...
by Oshin Daniell | Oct 14, 2022 | Words Worth While
I sat by the window gazing at the meadows, My mind was buzzing with thoughts, and all I wanted was to ‘be still’, An overcast, an echo of a thunder from far away, “Take the clothes; it is going to rain,” my grandma shouted, Unwilling to shift...
by Oshin Daniell | Oct 7, 2022 | Words Worth While
Dear Worn-Out Diaries, Your pages, now with a dusty hue, Tell stories that I once knew, And today as I revisit you, My heart skips a beat or two, You look pale and all I do is skim through, Those pages I once wrote, all those stories that I now call untrue. Love, The...
by Oshin Daniell | Sep 17, 2022 | Words Worth While
The usual annual cleaning of the shelf,A deep breath, calming the inner self,Surely there were remnants of pain and despair,Letters, bracelets, sticky notes—all those pieces there,Forget and let go, they said,But can we really forget that you’re dead?Maybe time will...
by Oshin Daniell | Sep 10, 2022 | Words Worth While
Dear Young Faith,I was there for your funeral,I shed a tear or two,I had a fistful of regret,And maybe those tears weren’t for you,It was for the first love I had,The kind that was hard to construe,But when life was in turmoil,I felt everything was untrue, Maybe it...
by Oshin Daniell | Aug 20, 2022 | Words Worth While
Dear Jesus, You call me the perfect brew,You bring out the best in me, my golden hue,And when I am down, You wipe out every blue,Your mercies, every morning they are new,Your love, beautiful like morning dew,And the best part is that I belong to You. Your child,Me ...