Oasis

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride so I love you because I know no other way than this where I does not exist, nor you so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close …

Dance of distruction

“to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”  ― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones     Squelched dreams and broken hopes lying in the  shriveled hopes of the tomorrow silhouetted against the obsidian skies of my dead and murky dreams I wear in my large kohl-lined eyes so they lit up the  dark …

Voice

When I heard you the first time I shifted my gaze to look for you in that crowded room your deep-throated voice stirred something inside my soul and started something I didn't know   When I heard you the first time I felt as if you have called out to my sleeping soul and shook me …

Freedom-an interpretation

First published in Two drops of Ink, Oct 2018 What does freedom mean to me, a dandelion as I continue my tryst with the boastful wind as it carries my identity on it's fleeting wings I tried with all my might to hold onto my identity but the cruel and the mighty winds uprooted and …

The circle

From the stars we came, and to the stars we return. ― Jack Campbell, Relentless Yes this could be the truth The moment you are waiting for The quest for life The unveiling we all been waiting for You wait for this to happen To happen all your life Heart has been pounding Ears listening …

Tea leaves

They say you can find  your destiny in the tea leaves sticking at the bottom of the cup encircling and leaving patterns  easy to deciphered and  encoded making the patterns  that zig-zag mesh resembling the events in your life Marking your ups and downs  and earmarking all the important events which make them truly shine It's an …

Vagabond

A weary traveler a vagabond, a man with a  heart of a gypsy  and etched  with a bohemian soul   I wandered  nooks and corners of the world flaunting my fears and anxiety to someone anyone who would just sit next to me and spend those  flickering golden  moments of time to melt and cover  …