Your Marching Orders By Rita H. Chen You say you love Me but My love does not shine from within you, you selfishly guard My affection, coveting it and My blessings for your own You offer up praises to Me but you don’t care for the world My love is meant to course through … More Your Marching Orders
Two, not one By Rita H. Chen My love, You forgive me, For the things I say but shouldn’t say, For the things I do but shouldn’t do, Though I think we’re one, We’re actually two Planets orbiting, Attracting but lacking connection, Moving but missing synchronicity, Reflecting stars Two, actually are we … More Two, not one
Winter in the City By Rita H. Chen Glittering dust covering steel banisters, Thick carpets blanketing front yards, Dangling icicles lining spindly branches, Stillness in the black pre-dawn Thick tires across cracked pavement, Salt crystals dissolving hidden ice, Metal shovels scraping asphalt driveways, Awakening under the blue-grey sky Booted footsteps … More Winter in the City
If you’re travelling to different cities in India, it would be best to travel by plane to help save time. The question is, which Indian airline is the best? Kingfisher, Deccan, and Go Air are very small airlines and you will rarely see flight offerings from them. So let’s concentrate on the big 4 – … More Misadventures of a Canadian in India, Part III
When I was preparing for my business trip to India, my colleague suggested rather off-handedly that I look into getting a rabies shot. I thought she was being paranoid. I would be working in big cities and while I knew that I would see animals on the street, the only ones I felt might bite … More Misadventures of a Canadian in India, Part II
Cultural note for today: Look like an ordinary tag for your baggage? That it is. However, I just found out the hard way that you must attach baggage tags to all your carry-on luggage in India. The reason why they need these is because security personnel stamps these little suckers to verify that they’ve checked … More Misadventures of a Canadian in India
Trillium By Rita H. Chen Mrs. Dorimer bared her teeth slightly, trying to achieve some semblance of a smile. “Is that so?” Linda, or rather Mrs. Simon Dubont, wife of the President of Intergalactic Communications Incorporated, was an intelligent, frank – arrogant, Mrs. Dorimer thought cruelly – woman of forty. Mrs. Dubont continued speaking, … More Trillium
Crying for the Moon By Rita H. Chen You think Sunhee is like the sun. She’s a ball of energy, rambunctious with a huge smile that takes up half her face when she is particularly happy. Her dyed blond hair is as bright as her personality and she’s always doing her best to show people … More Crying for the Moon
She By Rita H. Chen She screams, Sound bouncing off walls He raises his hand again Ready to hurt, Ready to injure, Ready to punish She cowers, Blows raining on her She huddles in a corner Tries to shout, Tries to cry Tries to escape She runs, Body broken, Her mind flees instead It hides, … More She
You and I Can Dance By Rita H. Chen You and I Life is conformity “Fitting in” “Adhering” “Adjusting” Being socially accepted But then, you smile and “I” return The Glass Ballerina Dancing lightly Toes swift Barely touching the ground as she flies A charming prince encircles with firm arms Supple muscles … More You and I Can Dance
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