Anger.

Anger

Fiery

All consuming

                      

Flaring out

It transforms

It contorts

It grows on you

It overpowers

With a vengeance

I see you burn

I see me burn

In it we become one

Words and thoughts warps into chaos.  

Colours deepen, Visions blur

It drags you

It drags me

In to the hells of fury

Until everything is destroyed

Stripped of sanctity

Turned to ash

An eerie silence prevails..

When I die (with a twinkle in my eye)..

When i die,

I hope I die with a smile on my lips.

If not, paint a little one there

Before I have gone all stiff and cold.

And don’t use red or any colour bold,

It’s a sombre event, aint it..

You see, I don’t wanna stand out and all.

When I die,

Clothe me in a wedding gown.

If I’m married use the one I wedded in.

If im not, buy me a new one,

Ivory be the shade you choose.

When I die

Dress my hair well.

Put a tiara,

And bring out the curls.

C’mon, when I go to heaven

I cant be all shabby

Gotta look good at the party.

When I die

Put a bouquet in my hand,

Get me purple lillies.

Do they exist?

If not u can use white ones.

Fresh and alive with light green stalks.

When I die

Please shed a tear

Come near my coffin

Give me hug

Remember my stories

Well, they weren’t all that bad.

Bid me farewell.

With a smile and a wave.

Rumious thots shared

Rumi asks,
Why crawl when you have wings to fly?

Oh Rumi,

What to do when the wings 

have lost their strength?
Don't you deem it better 

to crawl and not give up?

To crawl 
than to lie there fallen, 

wallowing about the broken wings 

and the lost skies. 

Isn't it better to crawl 

till ur legs can hold you up 

and dream of the skies 
that is home?

And when that day comes by, 

when your wings find their strength back,
Soar those skies 

knowing that you never gave up?


Rumi says,

Let it be
While it's better to crawl than lie fallen
you must soon know that staying in there 
shouldn't make u swollen..

It is but a thought 
that may have let u down  
still, if you got to find a way from the ground 
let it be

and when that day comes for u to rise, 
you will realise 
u never gave up,
ur wings never lost strength,
you always belonged to those skies

smellsof fondness

smells are memories fond,

they take you back in time

smell of the earth after the first shower
that of a newborn baby's soft skin
of ink and paper of a new book
of a comforting well-worn pillow

a lover's old t-shirt
sundried clothes
seashore breeze
fresh-brewed coffee      

they pause time,
some just a bit  longer than others

Little Brother Him

21 years to this day a little girl’s prayer was answered,

She got a little brother, just as she had prayed for,

An always smiling bundle of joy

around which she hovered

Wide eyed in wonder and happiness

Not quite knowing what to do..

Amma says, she once hugged so hard

That the little thing almost turned blue..

They grew up, brother and sister

Each one’s fortune twined with the other..

She watched out for him

Advised him

Fought him tooth and nail..!

And one fine day she realised,

Its no more her giving him a ride on the cycle,

Its no more him measuring his height relative to hers

And its now him, asking,

Is that guy bothering you?

Should I drop you back, it is late!

Hmmm, should you wear this dress..?

Well, he has grown up

My little brother

And today he turned 21!!

                                                 

Life : A gamble

Life is a gamble. 

some win. 

some lose. 

 A man who has crossed the last leg also of his life,

 sits down in the eve to calculate. 

Life 

was a gain or a loss? 

a game of luck!

 isnt life a game of gamble? 

with its craziness, its ecstacy.

A winter leaf falling..

do you remember me ever
maybe while lazily looking over
and seeing a winter leaf fall..


do you think of me ever.. maybe when you are just falling asleep in that blur between wakefulness and sleep.

do you fancy me ever.. maybe when you see a stranger who looked a lot similar.

do you wonder ever how it would have been had you been with me..

do you ever look back and think did she love me 
whatsoever.

do you ever remember me and wish
that i was there,
by your side..

did you ever

even for a moment

think of me

in terms of love..