Satbir Chadha is the author of the highly acclaimed book, “For God Loves Foolish People”, for which she was awarded the Reuel International prize. Her second novel is “Betrayed, tale of a rogue surgeon”, a medical thriller. She has been published in over twenty national and international anthologies, containing poetry and short stories. She has three solo poetry collections to her credit, “Breeze”, “Glass Doors”, and the recent “The Last Lamp”. She was awarded the Litpreneur Award by Authorspress for her contribution to literature. She is also the founder of the NISSIM International Prize for Literature, awarded every year to upcoming writers of English prose and poetry.
Hybrid
God
There were claps of thunder
Before lightning struck
And the tree was ablaze
A rare tree indeed it was
With a massive grey trunk
And sturdy brown branches
Like a hybrid god
People had tied threads around it
Of different colours
They bound their wishes and hopes
Around the tree trunk
And so it was bound to give
None could understand
With their hopes were tied
Their sins their greed and jealousy
The tree took it all
And gave everyone
From its immense bounty
Till it burnt in a blast of lightning
In flames the colours of the threads
Leaving it’s roots unsullied and pure
Emotions
Yes emotions are a scam
They’re big manipulators
If you are not in control
They will override your life
Which honourably to your mind
You should ascribe
Yes follow the mind the intellect and the intellectual intuition
Past has no place in a happy mind
Mindfulness is the best exercise
Living in presence is my paradise
To hell with the world it’s my choice
To be happy and calm so my dear rejoice
Our thoughts and dreams create the emotions We need to sift them
from those rising from situations
Trust me grief turns to merriment
If you mentally turn the event
There’s work to be done
The world moves fast on
Can we truly afford the luxury
The vanity of our emotions
Defying logic, they have a logic of their own
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