Merak Magazine

The Traveller

All throughout         shrewd sea winds courted us Gangs of raucous avians       swim through the rain Loud aching cries of pain       echo As the luminous sea fog       erodes in skeins With the rising of  watery suns   Bluntly formless stone…

The Blew Eagle Cafe

I drove down to the Blew Eagle cafe, knowing it was risky, wanting it to be.  Traffic howled on the bridge overhead. There were freighter horns and train whistles, boxcars in abandoned yards, and transient camps tucked up under the…

Sungazing

I lay down on a sun warmed patch of grass upon a hill, And looking up to cloud-flecked blue, it seemed that time stood still. The radiating warmth had wrapped my form in breezeless air, My eyes closed quite unconsciously,…

Choosing

To trade these hands For a house in the forest, landed On a hill above any risk of flood, but near A flowing stream,   To tear off the shingles For an open view, converse with hawks, Whisk out the…

The Fall is Coming

The sun glares down on me whilst the cold in the air gives me goosebumps, The days becoming shorter leaving sunsets with less of its colour and more of the darkness of the nights. Everything is meant to change, change…

Go ye Moon

My life is so bright As I am enjoying the moonlight For the moon every night I wait for I know it will come up for sure I can see my beloved in the moon face With my eyes I…

Martial Warriors

As the northern breeze passes by the men in green spurt Through the wild trees, Some in anticipation, Some in trepidation, Striving to attain a single goal; To serve their nation! “Homesickness ameliorate with time”   They were told, But…

Lake cottage

On the edge of a lake, A cottage, Nestling among trees, A mere spec from the shore. Some songs un-born, Reside in a grieving heart, Seeking solitude in that Already-isolated community Fleeing from contact!

She.

How beautiful would it be, If you remember, That I don’t like milk in my tea. And that my favorite poem Is Donne’s ” The Flea”. And that my whole being has been shaped By my living by the sea.…

Reconnoitre

I delve into life. I question my reality. I examine, search and seek. let us tour this earth. discover its glories. let us leave no stone unturned! let us turn inside out! let us scrutinize every boundary and inquire upon…

The void that follows death.

What makes death heavier than all the hurdles of pain we’ve held? In seconds, as heartbreaking as it is, it was always inevitable, no matter how much our hearts yearn to have them back. The thought process of erasing the…

Blue Sky through Bare Branches.

I look, upwards, at blue sky through bare branches,the dewy wet of cool, green grass on my back,clinging, sinking, pulling me further away from this place.I long for the stillness of beingfound only in the shedding of this meat that plants me…