Wish and wishes

Gazing at the sky which is sombre and starless, we wish for the moon to appear from the shadow of clouds, we wish for a rainbow to brighten the sky after every rain, we wish to forget the past and live the present, but somewhere our mind is caught up with regrets and ruminations.We wish […]

Unplanned and unedited #1

I open google docs and type this. I hear a neighbour yelling at the lean uncle who’s laying the road in our colony. I see a jasmine creeper dying. I feel heaviness in my head. My hair bun is heavy, I have to oil, comb and plait it before 6, before we switch on the […]

To the boy who never loved again #openletter

To the boy who never loved again, When in love it felt like it is a perpetual, tranquil state in life, you live every moment, captured every second with utmost pleasure and glee. The whole universe stands up for you, stars align in the favourite patterns and life look right on. Sounds soothes your ears; […]

Who am I if nobody is watching?

(i) if nobody is watching, i’ll walk barefoot feeling the roughness of the grass and coldness of the dews in our park’s lawn. (ii) if nobody is watching, i’ll try to stare at the sun with eyes wide open and gaze at the moon as if she’s my best friend. (iii) if nobody is watching, […]

lost #14

I hope somedayyou’ll find an old picture of usand wonder,if I still love watching sunrises and sunsetseating burnt corn in beach, having sugarcane juice in summer. I wanna know, if you’ve the kissed envelopesI send every Christmas,if you remember myfavourite songand my star birthday. I wanna ask you if youremember,that we were in love once,if […]

Noble gas #10

I’m just another person,who spends most of the time inS-O-L-I-T-U-D-E,those who promised to stay long,for an eternity, left first.I’m need of a break, from the world,that broke me from inside,I look at the mirrorandask questions that has no answersorquestions nobody could answer,my naked eyes couldn’t see the masksthey, carried.In each phase, they revealed a face,with […]

A Pause.

Okay, I’ve a thousand wishes. Few fulfilled and few not. I’ve one particular wish that’s utterly ridiculous. It’s kinda special that it flashes at least once in a day when I lay exhausted. I wish ‘Time stone’ existed. Imagine calm ocean waters without gigantic waves, highways caught up in huge traffic but no horns blaring […]