Tag: fantasy

Ramblings on a Word

Ramblings on a Word – God

Resurrection, St.George Church, Edappally, Kochi
Image by Shelly Paul

A monologue with God because dialogue seems impossible

God – The Omnipotent, Omnipresent, benevolent creator of this world

Hello God,
I have heard so much about You, growing up. I hear You are a kind, benevolent, just and fair God, although I am not sure if that was the case when You tested Abraham’s faith.

By the way, I am not here to discuss the Bible. I want to talk to You about money. Why do You need so much money? Why does The Almighty, who created this universe in a week, with a day to spare, need so much of his favorite creation’s legal tender? Continue reading “Ramblings on a Word – God” →

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Ramblings on a Word

Ramblings on a word – Mythology

unhappy queen Unhappy Queen / Illustration by Lekha Murali


Mythology – A study of myths
Myth – figment of collective imagination

It was a time when sun was the only clock. It was long before the era of verified and meticulous documentation, long before the ancient languages had rudimentary scripts developed by primitive linguists.

It was a time when people began exercising vocal chords to express themselves, when the evolving species was still figuring out which of the weeds agreed with humans and that carrion could be detrimental to one’s health.

The tribes would huddle around the communal fire and try to dine with whatever food, that was the result of the latest experiment. That’s when they talked about the things they could never fathom.

Without awareness, their imagination took wings and built extraordinary worlds where magical people lived – Continue reading “Ramblings on a word – Mythology” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Travail I

Queen of trees
Queen of Trees / Illustration by Lekha Murali/created on Sketchpad 3.7

Travail I

In the land of timelessness, atop tall spindly hills,
Lived the unhappy queen with a porous heart
A heart that retained no mirth, nor lingering happiness;

It is rumored, she was human once,
That she lived like any other modern woman –
Family, career and all
It is said that she ran away from all this,
‘Cause, she suffered from terrible sins. Continue reading “Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Travail I” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption V

Queen of trees
Queen of Trees / Illustration by Lekha Murali/created on Sketchpad-IO

Redemption V

Her feet divided and multiplied into infinite tentacles,
That slithered and writhed
Grew longer and longer,
Until they found their grip
As they entrenched the rich, brown earth.

Her hands splintered into copious branches. Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption V” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption IV

Unhappy Queen
Unhappy Queen with Porous Heart / Illustration by Lekha Murali

Redemption IV

Each time the wind brought,
The languished cry of an abandoned child
She broke off a tormented sliver from her brittle heart,
Offered it to the gods and prayed the child be rescued.

The gods in their heavens, heard her woeful pleas, Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption IV” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption III

Redemption III

The spin-top tree sighed and fell silent.
He delved into his oceanic mind
After a day and night of deep deliberation,
He finally spoke
In a voice, soothing as caress,

‘My dear queen,’ he said softly,
‘As sad as your story is,
As genuine the need for answers
It’s hard to know what happened eons ago,
For it has been that long since you arrived in our tiny world. Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption III” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption II

Redemption II

Affected by his warmth,
She opened her heart
Laid her burdens at his paternal feet

She spoke of her brutal callousness,
Of a mother’s selfish heart,
Of her arduous journey
Of the thousand deaths her flesh endured
About her heart that became porous and brittle,
As she returned to the folds of humanity. Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption II” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption I

spin-top tree
The spin-top tree/illustration by Lekha Murali

Redemption I

The spin-top tree –
The wisest of trees
That bore perfectly spherical flowers
That was also its fruit.

As timeless as the hills that bore him
He stood on his roots,
On the banks of the whispering brook
Like a solitary hermit on his lonely leg – Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption I” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Aggrievance IV

Aggrievance IV

She flew away from all that she knew;
She ran far and wide
Frantically querying about a young maiden
With the most melancholy of face,
The one who could not smile, nor utter a single word.

When humans would not help,
She implored the Sun, pleaded with the Wind
Besought the elements,
That made up the universe – Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Aggrievance IV” →

Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Aggrievance III

Aggrievance III

In the years that passed,
The young girl’s smile disappeared
Then her words vanished,
Till she became barely perceptible,
Until one day she was to be found nowhere.

At first she shrugged it away.
      ‘Where could she have gone?’ she muttered.
      ‘Who would take in that useless, ingrate?’
She raised a haughty eyebrow, Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Aggrievance III” →