Is this progression uncanny Or is it just simply heartbreaking? From playing with the kids next door, To isolating ourselves behind closed doors. From sharing every insignificant detail, To guarding every unspoken thought. From ranting about school to every visiting relative, To retreating into our chambers upon their arrival. From waiting for a friend to …
A Body Unbound
Oh, a vision to behold! The charms of a lady in bold disguise Beyond the display window, Under the golden chandelier, She shimmered in silken light Sparkling glitters cloud my thoughts The curves and edges Awake an uneasy yearning in my heart For the Goddess wrapped on a sculpture In glorious crimson and black. How …
A Blissful Reverie
Dancing to the rhythmic tunes of your love I sway around, the conqueror of my dreams I am fine-tuned, like a puppet on your strings Musings of you in midnight and daylight My Achilles heel twirling on a potter's wheel. Perpetually wrapped in the crevices of my mind Are the thoughts of your gaze …
Citylights
Palm on the chin, eyes on the sky The golden hue evanesces From the empty black canvas And light engulfs darkness in the guise of Tiny, deformed, fast-moving square boxes Glowing in a gloomy night sky. A random insight popped up while I was travelling on a train, watching the evening sky slowly change its …
Fleeting Lives in Motion
Hasty windows, Slow intersection. A supper of love and laughter through one, Kids raising a ruckus through another. Marital squabbles and disappointment through one, Friendly chit-chat and poker games through another. One slept peacefully, In the comfort of a loving shoulder. Another peeped lazily, Through half-closed eyes. One sipped coffee, With a newspaper in the …
Freedom?
Behind the bars, Laments a miscreant A well-fed creature with a sickly heart, Trapped in a Kafkaesquean trial. Miles away, staggers a rose-tinted dream, Wrapped delicately in a shroud, Seeping into the far-flung achromicity, Yearning for freedom from the sins unsinned. When the hushed sobs pricked The remorse of another fragile heart, Mama unlocks the …
Mystery Doors
Mystery doors of life The key to which is in our hands Some unfastened by curiosity Few through diligent toil As for the others, An unforeseeable venture into the unknown. More and more doors swing ajar Education, friendship, career, love, marriage, Yet not all doors are meant for us Some unlocked ones ought to be …
Prisoner
Hands are untied Imprisoned by your sugar-coated lies My innards, swarmed with grey-hued butterflies Cautiously preys on my undiagnosed inside Your honey from my full-bloomed flower Is now bleeding red—pangs of anxiety Shoots the "lub-dub" down A heavy, melancholic melody A contagious malady Lie to me more, my silent heart still believes Inscrutable it remains, …
Rain, rain, come again!
Country towns submerged in white noise Rain fell "pitter-patter" against the roof, Carrying away debris from the gutters Slow precipitation hit the barren earth, Begot the sweet aroma of petrichor, Captivated us with sheer excitement Leaving our dolls haphazardly, We rushed out of the house. Drizzle transmuted into heavy downpour We held each other's hands …
Mighty Poseidon
SOLITARY COMPANION - II I embrace the saline tears of the waves As it crashes seamlessly onto the shore Blending itself with the salt in my eyes Caressing my feet reassuringly My misery loves it's company. Anchored in my position, I lay here Looking at mighty Poseidon Breaking down overtly in my arms Acknowledging the …
