Goodbye, Abhignya ma’am, you will never fade like the sunset after a long, hard day Your smile remains sheltered in the shade even when the nonchalant sky turns grey.   You whispered to those in pain You called out to those who were weak And just like a flickering candle in the rain you were Continue reading

When opportunity presents itself and hope knocks, Experience cancels itself and timidity clocks Make sure you’re not shying away to be seen Near the eye of the storm, perhaps in between The tug and pull of despair is now very close And make sure every detail your heart knows.   When things turn out the Continue reading

After she gets done with her clothes, she will squeeze a portion of her heart inside that battered suitcase passed on by a distant aunt   what will happen to the old man who waited impassively outside the corner shops for a slice of her inestimable smile? or that faithful labrador down the street who Continue reading

I see the words on your lips They read, “Let’s go back to mine.” But you don’t think twice Nor do I see any dark, twisted sign which fervently asks me to decline   Your paper heart bares it all as I stand enraptured in the sun You say you’ve loved and you’ve lost but Continue reading

I touch your fingertips and you tremble like a house on fire I whisper ‘come on over’ into your ears and you get startled like a cat in the rain   What is it that makes this so different from what the two of us have battled before? Why is there no longer any trepidation Continue reading

The snapping of your heels, The clicking of your tongue in annoyance, The sound made by the ocean upon hitting the rocks wave after wave; Every possible opportunity we snatched from the jaws of disapproving friends who supplicate us with the same questions.   What are we leaving behind? The waves finally gain traction and Continue reading

Never could I bring Tagore’s genius alive Nor was I there to see the hopelessness arrive Yet your touch on a sweltering day Upon my forehead could kiss the worries away,   You never wanted anything more than a hug But I had the heart to reply with only a shrug It hurt you so Continue reading

Through a frown upon your face and a half-twisted smile you call out my name   I shrug, quiver and stir from the self-imposed reticence I had climbed into awakening with the gentle thud of the all-knowing and the all-encompassing by comprehending close to nothing about the kind of predicament that awaits us today   Continue reading