World skims through my life, barely reading a word Benumbed in boredom blues. God watches me keen Through his rainbow shades, Repainting each tear smudged word With petals of love...
Category: Poetry
Poem: Silver fishes
Misty breaths on a window pane Fingers crawl aimlessly Twists a figure in the wetness Revealing a man's silhouette Ah... the eternal addiction of love and loss When silver fishes meet old wounds!
Poem: What Do I Write?
What do I write? What can a penniless, clueless day dreamer Possibly pen down? A writer living inside her catacombs, Never leaving her cocoons. A dreamer, a loser, a victim All muddled up in one head. The vagabonds will have better stories to tell Of seas so vast Wind so wild Cliffs so enthralling. What … Continue reading Poem: What Do I Write?
Poem: A Koel’s Rebuke
Photo by hassan mehdi on Pexels.com Her song of search... Her wait for love... Arose in me a desire to own her. Rebuking the cages She fled to the spring sky
Poem: Ghosts in Red Lights
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Her face like a twilight sky of bruises Clad in an old saree, tired of abuses Her bindhi red like a setting sun in fire Above two Kohled eyes deep like an ocean. Her tired face sparkles with relief When I walk into her room, food in my hand. … Continue reading Poem: Ghosts in Red Lights
Poem: Immigrant Christmas
Oh Santa, my living saint! Did you dip in winter paint? Oh Santa, my lone visitor! Are you for real or just an impostor? Who stole your red christmas robe? Who stole your twin reindeer mob? Why pull the sledge all alone? Why carry the beasts all along? Whats wrong silver-beard grandpa? Where from and … Continue reading Poem: Immigrant Christmas
Poem: Two Lives
Craving to write a simple "love" or "mirage" in a piece of code. Typing out of desire then deleting out of necessity "aroma" or "drizzle" or "rainbows". In an infinite maze of "if's" and "else's" I stand broken, my emotions wrecked. Poetry lost in logical dilemmas stories buried in broken thoughts characters strangled to meet … Continue reading Poem: Two Lives
Poem: Another
Tears fall on my liquor diluting its vigour Head bangs hard Howling with the wind Empty wardrobes, Empty side of my bed Thoughts pettiness... Wishing, another ice on my glass Craving, another date with her eyes.
Poem: College Trip
I was broken. He was broken. Broken by different people we met on a college trip. He wanted to cycle. He didn't want to do it alone. I wanted to cycle But I could never do it alone. He told me wait, wait, wait... until he comes back. He told me don't, don't, don't go … Continue reading Poem: College Trip
Poem: Winter’s Bird
She perches on my old roots and pecks another dead worm. "Keep looking at the stars", she shouts. "Pain always soothes, if you wait". As we talk, two more red flowers fall and bury themselves deep in my roots. How many more sons should I bury? How many more daughters yet to fall? Will you … Continue reading Poem: Winter’s Bird
Lirio's Wanderings 