Life as We know It

I have lived the life with chilling and regrets. Baby steps were futile and the jumps hostile. I walk on eggshells, lost in the sea with dead end. I am happy where I am. The path is mine and so is the light. I ain’t dead or am I? Who knows of the unpredictable end?

Redundant

There’s life. There’s death. With things in between. They say, time and tide wait for none. To me, time reeks of stagnation and the sea is as calm as ever. Years have passed but nothing changed. The sun rises and sets. The crow caws and sleeps. The routine is young and I have become old….

Paintings

I wish I had a blank paper,I would fill it layers and shades of different colors,From Crimson red to lavender blue,From creamy white to ebony black,To shine bright when it’s too dark outside,To mark the boiling blood in this depressed life.Splash the colors agonizing my pain,Paint in bright colors the dark room where I was…

What If!

What if I told you how I truly felt? That I cried for a life time and the vulnerability is still raw? That I am broken beyond repair. How living everyday has become a difficult task. I carry a wide smile with a bleeding heart. I wander around, distract myself, do everything and anything, just…

Kingdom

There’s a Kingdom ruled by insecurities,A land so dark, glistening In hatred,Soldier of confidence weak and tame,Sapling of doubts tall and grand,Inner peace banished to a distant land. There no king or queen to this uncanny place,But a master and slave to one’s own self,Demons are always at war and never quiet,Terror reigns and there’s…

Betrayal

A dagger pierces into my heart, ripping it into two parts. Your scarce words penetrate deep. I want to cry, shout in despair yet I am mute in grief. You twist the dagger without remorse, yet I stand still. All I see is a hollow facade shrouded in betrayal, misery and glimpse of hate. You…

To Eat or Not To Eat

“What’s for dinner?”A million dollar question, I must say.Some paneer, a borrowed tomato and some capsicum would enliven the taste buds. I don’t have an option as such; this or a sea of some tasteless pulses, or maybe stone cold, rock solid potatoes, a tablespoon of curd turned sour ages ago with half baked chapatis….

Variants

Summers have me hoping for rain, hell, even monsoons did. But that’s not the point. While I was busy hoping, a sudden surge of uneasiness crept in, distracting me from the moment. My heart holds volumes of past trials and trauma like the ash gray sky not willing to release. There are events beyond our…

Ode to 2020

I am sketching my life but my fingers ain’t graphite. I still try and the strokes are invisible to naked eye. I close my eyes and don’t have to think twice for what I have done with my life. Say your prayers to the skies, they go in vain; watch the rain as it goes…

A Diplomatic Brutal Honesty

We all grow up believing that ‘honesty is the best policy,’ but adulthood sometimes, may shake the very foundation of this belief. Even so, some situations need you to be completely honest while you need to go a little soft on your words in some others. In certain situations, you may find yourself at crossroads….