Literary Thoughts of a Dragon Fly

 The burden of being lovers Rita stood near the gas stove, waiting for the dal to cook, Her husband languorously sat on the sofa ,waiting for the sms, Their daughter avni waited for the first move from the boy she liked.  The burden of being lovers, It haunts us at the loneliest times , In the crowd,  At the bedside when it's 2 am in the morning In the kitchen when the cooker's whistle blows, it brings Rita out of her memories, In the living room, where her husband wakes up from a mental nap of dreams, Their daughter Avni when she watches a movie while thinking about someone else. This burden of being lovers, The precious time spent thinking, Anticipating, waiting, expecting,  Manipulating our own mind with thousand of thoughts, Why we aren't lovers like before, Rita questions her husband in her mind, Because we are parents, Her husband calculating the installments in his head, The only respite he sees now is the extra bonus, Avni worships the mobile and says a prayer in th

  Prayers of worthy As I lay down under a yellow bulb, I think of all the prayers to be answered and all the praying i need to do, Should I pray for the boy to like me back, To talk to me and smile at me, Should I pray for a gentle Wednesday and not someone's scathing words to scald my heart Or should I pray for a breeze and a Rainbow, What are prayers of worthy my heart asks me, And why do I ask for such silly things, Why not a mountain or a road to walk, To turn upside down the deepest jungle, And to ride the shark, The Gentle God,the sweet dear God whispers to me,  I am the creator of the universe, won't you ask the world from me, I walk to and fro in my room, Tossing and tumbling in my head are the thoughts, My brain is the firm anchor in the roaring waves, I feel the caressing breeze, as the night passes by, What are prayers of worthy, My heart asks me again, And is it too petty of me to ask of silly things again and again. May be for peace, for love or soothing thoughts l