Among the sediment of sentiments
Tag / Past
SOBREMESA
Yeh ishq, haraamkhor! (Love, you bastard!)
Bahut ro liye hum ne aansoo
Poori na hui jo humaari aarzoo
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Cobwebs & Brushes
Finely woven fibres
Growing in dark corners
Of the mind
Delicately intricate strands
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Billet Doux
There was a time I’d write.
Furtively.
With fountain pen and India ink.
On handmade paper. Continue reading →
BEGUILED
My heart
It once came across an angel
White wore she
Her halo intact
Her aura glowed
Pure and pristine
Ticking, Traumatized
A hand reaches down.
And picks them up, gingerly, gently, with care.
A fractured fragment.
A shattered shard.
Brittle, broken, ruptured remnants.
Places them in order. Continue reading →
YOUR MASTERPIECE
I’d rather write a thousand words
And have you draw that one picture
On the canvas of your mind
You know that familiar scalloped shape
Tapering to a point
Colour it a crimson
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SHEET OF PAIN
See that wad of paper on the floor?
Crushed, crumpled, forlorn and alone,
Cast aside and thrown away, ignored, stepped upon…
Without the dignity of being put in a bin,
Where it can lie hidden, in wait of recycling.
It was once a fresh, crisp sheet. Continue reading →
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