i’ve begun to realize. that being in love with your reflection. is a common misconception. some search for gold to complete their whole- ness. their soul’s own goodness. yet the pieces of them lay strewn about like thorns stinging the soles of their bare feet. self-love is a vicious venom slowly vacating the very venalContinue reading “The Ghost in the Mirror”
Author Archives: Spriha Dharan
Something More
The first time I heard her Name from your lips, Poison rendered me, Speechless My tongue stung with the taste of blood, Wrung out and ragged, By rusty chains The second time I saw you, Meet my eyes My heart fluttered and twirled in, Clandestine disguise It danced in festivity to the shackles draw aroundContinue reading “Something More”
Any Book Recommendations for Me?
I know I’m the one usually writing about, or talking about books. But now I’d like to hear from you all. Do you guys have an book recommendations for me? And specific genres you’d like me to blog about? I’m sorry to admit that I’ve been very busy lately, and slacking a bit on myContinue reading “Any Book Recommendations for Me?”
The Devil’s Threshold
She was a silver statue trailing a silken moon She roamed the shimmering Arabian desert And the rolling sand dunes She was the majestic zephyr, that sifted Sand and breeze The subtle kiss of a searing sun, Through the moon’s lurid beams Her slender figure cast dancing shadows, Upon an earth so starkly bare HerContinue reading “The Devil’s Threshold”
A Single Question-
The shards of glass Deteriorate as I grind them Into the dust Piercing the underfoot of my Feet with a sharp sting, Blister-ing I sift through the slowly Simmering sand of My reflection That pools before me the dagger-like claws of The past Unsheathed as they slice and sink Through the vulnerable skin of myContinue reading “A Single Question-“
‘The Alchemist’-
So, I just recently finished reading “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho, and for some reason, by the end of it I was almost in tears. I read this one line, which was one of my favorites: “‘You don’t even have to understand the desert; all you have to do is contemplate a single grain ofContinue reading “‘The Alchemist’-“
To Young Voices Everywhere…
Whose words hang on the edge of a precipice, Admiring the waters below, From the safety of their homes Whose hands are tied behind their back, And whose poems are sharpened on a tongue of steel, Set to silence, By the borders tread into this very ground, And the boulders docked at every port FromContinue reading “To Young Voices Everywhere…”
On ‘1984’
While I have been reading, I realized I haven’t posted a book review in a while. So here is one of the most interesting (and well-written) novels I’ve read recently. Summary– This all-time classic has been on my TBR list for quite a while, and I am extremely thrilled to announce that it was worthContinue reading “On ‘1984’”
At Second Glance…
I looked into a soul so clear, A window cleansed by many a tear, And thought I saw a portrait complete, Free from avarice or deceit I peered again after years had passed, And witnessed a broken shell of glass, Within an opaque mirror shone, Muddled away by hardened stone, An illusion crafted by theContinue reading “At Second Glance…”
Fear-dom
My innocence treads A dangerous trail Wandering along a winding footpath Of crimson spattered trees Whose delicate limbs sprout Fire encrusted flowers Writhing in anguish and torment My eyes are shimmering opals Turned wistful by years spent In a gilded land Unable to register the blaring Sirens of alarm Meant to rouse me from AContinue reading “Fear-dom”
Spilled Ink 