Her Divine Right

The Other Side

- Devasi, 2018

That moment as the sunsets,
Golden sitting on the edge.

When for a moment shadows are infinite,
While the fading light marks the time spent...

I've never let the seconds spend
So fast before in my life but,

I don't want this moment to end,
No, I don't want this moment to end.

I know right now, someone is on the other side.
While I am watching the sunset,

who is watching it rise?

Rules

- Devasi, 2016

Once there was a boy and a girl who were playing together. They decided to run to a tree they saw in the distance.
"One, two, THREE!" Off they went.
The boy got there first and began climbing the tree as fast as he could.

"this is my tree, so you can't come up." he said as the girl ran up.

"Okay." said the girl breathlessly as she sat on the ground under the tree.

"And how long will that be the case?" She asked.

"Until you get down? Then can I get up?"

"No, until I say you can." He responded as he turned and sat on a branch.

"Fine then." She said with a shrug, "If that's your tree, this is my ground. If I can't come up, you can't come down."

"That's not fair!" The boy protested realizing the corner he'd painted himself into.

"How so?"

"The ground is a lot bigger than a tree. You can't have ... Continue Reading ... >

Autumn Symphony

- Devasi, 2018

She's passing under the autumn trees,
Neath' red and gold and yellow leaves.

Her hair rides the breeze in harmony.
O, look and see their symphony!

Flashing spokes 'neath red fenders,
Leaves upon the path ahead.

Underneath her wheels they're tread,
In nature's own red carpet event.

???

- Devasi, 2018

They have some place to go,
They have some place to be,
And it's probably a place that I've never seen.

They sail in the blue
Like ghost ships at sea,
Blotting out stars, as they pass in their fleet.

Any guesses?

The Ones That I'll Keep

- Devasi, 2024

These are the things you will always be to me,
And as I live, they will live with me.

These are the things I’ll remember, you see
These are the ones that I’ll keep.

You heard my cry long before the light,
And rocked me to sleep, the sweetest lullaby.

“Hold my hand, and repeat what I say…”
With you that night, I learned how to pray.

This is the love that you showed to me,
And as I go, it will grow with me.

These are the things you will always be to me,
These are the ones that I’ll keep

A Whole Lifetime Ago

- Devasi, age 13

The year I pray will never leave,
Is the one where I am thirteen.
Tall enough and wise enough that I could be a queen.

Past the year, just a child, to everyone I was seen,
I know right now I am the girl who lives in many's dreams.

The years I spent, I know were well,
But what for? Only time will tell.

I want to know the things I thought,
Who and where and what I sought.

When I am twenty-six I want to know,
Who and where and what I was...
A whole lifetime ago.

The Warmest Embrace

like how the sunrise colors the morning's white gown,

Igniting the lace of each twirling cloud.

Holding me dearly in his beautiful rays,

He bids me good morning with the warmest embrace.