Following the crowd aimlessly on the well-travelled road... I stumbled upon a rarely treaded footpath while everyone counselled about hardships and advised not to go against the norms I placed one foot in front of the other to cautiously explore the uncharted avenues I met a fellow voyager different he was in many ways from... Continue Reading →
Rejection to Perfection…(A woman scorned)
When you abandoned and left me I reinvented myself So when we met again You will fall in love with the new me The way I looked at you through and under my painted eyelashes The lingering glances I gave you The secret smiles through the seductively painted lips The way I tilted my head... Continue Reading →
Enchanted
Kind eyes looking at me as if I’m the most precious thing in the world A charming smile that makes me forget all the bad days I have had A face with an earnest expression haunting my dreams So I struggle to stay awake then it haunts my every waking moment A deep rich voice... Continue Reading →
The Fading Memory
It has been a long time Sands of time has covered many things When I close my eyes Your picture doesn’t come to my mind So easily The face I knew every inch of Doesn’t come in my dreams very often The sound of your laugh Which always made me smile I can’t remember the... Continue Reading →
Better before you
You read me poetry Gave me the words I wanted to hear You came when I was lost and helped me to find myself But in a blink of an eye You left me stranded in middle of nowhere The loneliness was there even before you came but it was not this painful The darkness... Continue Reading →
Reassurance
I know that you walk beside me but at times I reach for you just to make sure that you are still there I know what you think and I feel how you feel yet, sometimes I ask just to hear you say it I can take care of things alone but sometimes I ask... Continue Reading →
A fiend in love
I am the center not of the universe but of all your problems I am the wind that fuel wild fires in your life no amount of water no vast cleared spaces can suppress the all-consuming and combustible fires I cause I am the eye of the tornado which violently rotates your well-organized life making a... Continue Reading →
The Cursed Sanctuary
You gathered me into your arms held me close to your heart whispering in my ears that you will take care of me forever all the while you were slowly inching towards the edge When I opened my eyes I was between you and the empty space off the edge you gave me a cold... Continue Reading →
I am your ruin
My feet light as a cat’s I tiptoed in to your life fascinated by all you have endured mesmerized by the depth of your character captivated by the boundlessness of your heart I stayed in your life I was the cool breeze you have been looking for your whole life I was your strength when... Continue Reading →
Stranger at the River Bank
I wanted to be alone and myself needed to gather the scattered thoughts and to escape the gloomy spell of social norms casted upon me So I took a walk to the river bank where no one else went Where no else but I thought the river looked beautiful There he was watching the water... Continue Reading →