Come back to me

I grew up before I knew it, The child in me hadn't finished nibbling, The tender leaves of caterpillarhood, My face didn't know the pleasure of the drizzle, I hadn't had my fill of fairy tales and mysteries, I was not fulfilled in Watson's role, tugging along Holmes, I still desired for coloured glass bangles...

The human baby

It was born feeble and helpless, Unable to stand erect and run until a year, And when it did stand and run, Slowly fears filled the ears and mind. Clouding the brilliance it was born with. Unlike the brothers in the forest who lived in the present, It fretted about the past and the unknown...

God

I was told that you had to be feared, That you had numerous names and forms, That your tastes varied beyond measure. That you like to be draped in red, silk? And you liked to be decked in gold, That one had to bathe, before seeing you, As if bodily dirt is all that mattered....

You are precious

I quarrelled with you over petty matters, Not knowing your precious worth. Over unkempt clothes and house, Over dishes and laundry and the mundane. Over flab and lazy couch days. It's time to ask forgiveness for the darts of hurt. That you live still makes you one of a kind, Oh! precious chosen one! I...

I was guilty…

I was guilty for not shoving aside the banana peels, On the footpaths of the roads, I was guilty of flinging sweet wrappers through, rail and bus windows, I was guilty of stoic silence amidst groping in public buses, I was guilty of not honoring myself against inappropriate advances of the 'stronger sex', I was...

Silence can kill…

I opened my mouth, yet all that came was a silence, muted I was, Oh, realise my pal, that silence is dangerous, Silence in the face of abuse, Silence amidst witnessing violence, Propagating silence in budding minds, Silence when numbers are tortured, Silence when your loved ones are harmed, Teaching kiddos that responding is dangerous,...

Bougainvillea

The heat was scorching inside out, Plants withered and so did souls, Everywhere man scurried, to be under shade, An ever elusive shade, The canopies of trees were fast vanishing, Rather banished from the scape, The evil ways of the heat toyed with feeble minds, Tempers and temperature both on rise, Yet they bloomed unscathed...

Waves

The waves of fury, engulfed my mind, Knocking the senses to impenetrable fathoms, The waves of passion, engulfed my body, Leaving me pining for more... The waves of joy filled my heart, With the lightness of a feather, floating on gaily, The waves of sorrow, pushed me to grief, As the losses were insurmountable, The...

Friends..

Some, they brought out the passion in me.. While others, raked the embers in me.. Some were like the fresh cool breeze, the aura lingering long after.. Some brought out the rebel in me, blood surged and heart paced.. Some taught that guilt is but a choice.. Still others made me fight for a lost...

My home

I miss my home of yonder, Where laughs echoed in the corridors, Where smells from the kitchen, flooded my senses, Where the shouts and cries of cousins in mirth, Filled the air, with delight. Where the paw marks of Jimmy were all over the place, Where make believe ghosts and eerie sounds, Send chills along...