2 Kids, 2 Bags

Staggering out of the school bus, the kid drags himself along the road, shoulders drooping with the heavy load. Along the path he crosses another kid, a rag picker, tattered clothes he wore, walking bare foot, his feet were sore. He goes about aimlessly or so the other one perceives him. A brief moment of…

Clouded Thoughts

After the hour long discussion with her parents, she retreated to her little den. Wide awake, she spent the night tossing in bed. As the clock struck 3:00, she moved towards the writing table. She had made up her mind, her decision was final, passion over marriage. As she picked up the pen to write…

Her Lonely Day(s)

She lay silently on her bed, nobody to disturb her, none to wake her up. Today nobody will come. A day to enjoy her own company, maybe that’s not what she wants. Tears roll down her cheeks as she looks at her paralyzed lower body.

Two Travelers

A boy, a girl Classmates and may be more. College canteen, class bunk Coffee and feelings both pour. Two broken hearts, two stories Together, one friendship Fake laughter, forged smile Both drowning in the same ship Gripped by sadness Yet, fighting it brave. Pulling the smiling front Guarding the inner grave. One sad, the other…

A Shattered Soul

With dreams in the eyes and hope in her heart She enters the wedlock, filling love in her cart A life of eternal bliss and romance was her plan Little did she know, wife beater was his clan She was welcomed into the new home with whips and sticks Silence and accepting seemed to her…

The Last Of Glistening Ocean

Far across the oceans a man dies everyday Bit by bit, he craves to be near his bae Miles apart his love breaths her last Alas, he is stopped by the distance so vast With pain in his eyes and hurt in his heart He rubs away his tears, which hurt like a dart Watching…

The Deathly Dagger

After the 17th disturbed night in a row, she dragged herself to the kitchen to grab her morning cup with barely open groggy eyes. Lack of sleep had washed off all glow from her skin and she was left pale and tired. She looked longingly at her husband’s picture placed on the mantle wishing him…

Dreams Of The Unknown

“Dreams are the lens to our inner thoughts and fears.”, she was told time and again. But something nudged her inside and gave way to doubts. Was she really scared? The same old repeated dreams were ruling her mind, controlling her actions and commanding her desires. How can a dream have so much effect on…

Home

I came crying into this world She smiled bearing the pain The place I was in Was nothing like my earlier domain Scary, was the new ‘home’, so big!! Wanna go back to my tiny cell I was hungry, I was cold How will you help me, when I can’t tell? Did she hear my…

A World Of Lies

“I am fine.”, a lie that had become her life now. The nights would witness a crying marathon while the days were marked by fake smiles. Everything seemed calm at the horizon but one dive into her inner depths and you would come across tornadoes. The cocktail of worldly setbacks was brewing day and night inside her,…

The Fictional Love

Her first book launched and a long trail of interviews booked her day. She repeated the now ‘by heart’ lines to the reporters and waited for this suffering to end. She thought she had sailed through it when out of nowhere she was hit by the question she was dreading, “The incidents seem so real,…

A ‘Bold’ Decision

She lie awake in the warmth of her bed, her head buzzing with thoughts. Was she doing the right thing, this question bugged her the whole night. What would the relatives say, how will the society react, what would be her future? She kept dodging these questions one after the other but without result. By…