Hope..

Hope..

    Hope on a gray day. A sprightly sunflower. A bunch of ox-eye daisies. A field of marigold. Sarson in full bloom. A vase of chrysanthemums in a room. A sweet round motichoor laddoo, a crisply succulent jalebi.  Food for the body and the soul. Lemon tarts and coffee. A brightly beaked myna. An arch of golden trumpets. Lantanas in a […]

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Puzzling..

Puzzling..

  People are like jigsaw puzzles they have pieces. Some people get to see only some pieces of other people and so they don’t see the whole..only parts We keep putting out our own pieces together in different ways, trying to make sense of them unlike those who make their pictures faster than us..others Sometimes […]

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Beyond The Chatter…

Beyond The Chatter…

Everybody seems to be running around, in search of something… seeking.. for that elusive love, relationship, object, peace of mind, security, work project or status symbol. And for some, it is a search to find the meaning of their existence, their purpose in life, why are they here, or answers to the eternal question “Who […]

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Because She Walked…

Because She Walked…

You can’t unmake or remake .. or break her.. because she picked her scattered bones from the womb of the earth, from thirsty sands and ocean pits and glued them to her soul with warm blood, hot tears, sweat and sticky hope.. and built  herself limb by limb from a faint heart beat, a fading pulse. You can’t because she […]

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The Great Facade

The Great Facade

How I wish I could walk through the doors of your mind Take a look at the destruction I expect to find A scratch here, a rupture there All darned with terror and despair Is there any hope of restitution? Amongst all the confusion? Any shovel to clear the mess away… And brighten up your […]

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Do You Know?

Do You Know?

Show me your soul.. how much of it is yours? How much borrowed? Are you more than just pieces of steel, polished to a glint? Cold and invincible? Or do you live hurt melt pulse breathe? Does you life belong to you? Are you together alone whole splintered? Are you no one else but you? […]

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Reignited..

Reignited..

I wrapped it in multiple layers of amber satin. I put it inside a wooden box. The one gifted to me by my grandma. Beautiful walnut wood. Her initials on it. Then I took the box and buried it deep. As deep as I could dig. Deep till I felt it could not re-surface. But […]

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I See Myself…

I See Myself…

I see myself as a man standing Between two buckets. A tube runs from each bucket into a vein: Input, output Both buckets contain a grayish, gleaming, translucent Substance One bucket is labeled Past and the other is labeled Future I see myself as a crow on your balcony pecking At rice stained with turmeric […]

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Time Out Of Time

Time Out Of Time

It is not dice, its my life. Just can’t play autumn and scatter my little self. Who will gather me back in my bag of life? Time rushes,  gushes and changes. Balm the wounds, bandage the pain. While the world thunders on, catch the silence of soul, steal a  few hours from the clock and […]

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