An Illusion of Escape Shivani Gautam

The natural beauty of the glorious migratory birds in the fictional plane of Cassedara remind you of the harmony that should have existed between man and it's environment, as was intended. Based on real life tragedies of animal hunting, poaching, wild life habitat encroachment and climate change, this poem questions the frozen soul of humanity. Listen to the poem or read it at https://linktr.ee/merakixmusings/ to know more.

The first love, the innocent naive and unadulterated imagination and emotion followed by a tragic fall out. A chance meeting is a beautiful narrative piece that writes about two people who were in love, meet years later and revisit their ups and downs, which is seemingly frozen in time. Derived from a heart to heart a conversation with an old friend, this poem captures everything naive and fragile about love and heartbreaks.

Talking about dreams, aspirations, chasing wild passion; this poem is the crux of An Illusion of Escape. It summarizes the themes of wandering beyond and returning back, it talk about guilt, it talks about fame, creativity, curiosity, day dreaming and is heavy with illustrious metaphors. Hear the episode to agonize upon teenage values and reflect on the meaning of chase. If you like the episode, and other poems in the series, do check out the book An Illusion of Escape at the link below. https://linktr.ee/merakixmusings

Exploring the themes of an estranged mother daughter relationship, this poem is a layered narrative of a daughters feelings towards her mother who she lately discovers is a sex worker or prostitute. She questions her mother's anger, hatred for herself and fears through a growing up teenager's perspective. Dealing with complicated emotions, this poem is a heart wrenching and eye-opening read in many ways. Listen to the poem to know more yourself or you can grab the book at www.merakiandmusings.com/order/

The episode talks about the two things. The apocalyptic destruction of city due to terror attacks. First is an eye witness's narration, ofcourse from the imaginary standpoint, but the agony, pain and excruciating helplessness is described here. Second is the longing for home, the happy place, where Hope resides. See what this narrator has to speak to Hope about. Listen to the poem on this episode, or read it at https://merakiandmusings.com/ The Amazon link for the pdf of the book An Illusion of Escape is also available https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07V43JQ78/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_iPPMEbFCE16TJ

A very visually stimulating poem that attempts to define the relationship between a writer and his/get words. The vivid recapitulation of all the places it takes a person and the visuals it paints. A bold play on your imagination, this poem challenges the way we all interact with our thoughts, trying to contain them and make sense of them. Listen to the episode to find out more and to get ahead and read the poem and many others, you can check out the book right now! https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07V43JQ78/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_iPPMEbFCE16TJ