GLASSES

Dearest pair of eyes-number-two, I hate how I can't do without you; how you won't let me read lying down, and push yourself up and out as if you'd drown; then fall onto my side and cross your arms in anger, submitting me to your whims and fancies and temper! You get dusty in a…

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Walk over the stone wall

I remember that never ending walk over the stone wall Somewhere nigh the border of my country and another one A tall, long, uneven stone wall And blisters on my feet My brothers led the way but they were far ahead A gloomy day, pregnant with moisture As we made our way to the crocodile…

If I let myself remember you

If I let myself remember you as you were, before you left - and not as you are in memories I curated mindfully for the museum of your being- a life taken all too soon, I know, I will never want to wake up again. If I let myself remember how sick you got, how…

Tell-tale winds

There was a changein the energy of the winds, that blew in from the west...Fragrant,before you came. © Isha

Ganges

What memories must the ancient Ganges hold;What rites*, what final wishes, what tales and lores!What tears of those that in white raiment, in rocky boatssail with the urned ashes, to be set afloat...The cremation grounds breathe in smoke, and shiveras night descends upon the mourned and mourner-yet, no one knows, she'll carry them whither...for these…