Home. My home is here In the ink etched onto the ochre pages of a coming-of-age novel; One that I would read covertly beneath the bedsheets through the light of my phone; One that I would cry a napkin to a pulp over because the story might just wound up on the lovers’ lachrymose argumentContinue reading “Sacred Simple Home”
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Salutations of Grief
We strummed the guitar strings till our fingers bled, Sang our favourite songs at night when mom and brother were asleep, You let me use the majority half of the blanket and shivered yourself to sleep, And now I’m alone gaping at our dingy music room; “I’ll always be by your side,” you had said.Continue reading “Salutations of Grief”
Vivian’s Vengeance
I was once a cannonball swerving past every soul to try and annihilate the one that I held dear. What was the point, one may ask? I don’t know. Maybe I feared the way she ignited the waning flame in me. The one that permeated the warmth of joy. The one that could thaw theContinue reading “Vivian’s Vengeance”
Lacerated Flesh and Heart
I will slither around your neck and gnaw at your flesh till I mutilate you. I will bore my squalid, viridescent canines into your heart and rip out every capillary till i efface the crimson hue. I love green. It’s a fatal mistake humans find solace in the colour. Green is venom. It will guzzleContinue reading “Lacerated Flesh and Heart”
Clandestine Propinquity
The tents we built with the kind of fervor and vehemence you see in robots Fell apart in the storm we inflicted. We were in fact robots, oblivious to our other halves who pined day and night for our fingers to fit perfectly between theirs. We were victims of a mondegreen. We misinterpreted our song’sContinue reading “Clandestine Propinquity”
Shamrock
Why does he sit alone in the park? He sits on the bench, head bent low till his nose touches his dingy, little black notebook as he seems to be reading something. What a strange, strange boy. Only in brief moments in time have I really had the chance to see his face. A fleetingContinue reading “Shamrock”
Bitter Perfection
The gleaming rings that adorn her slim fingers, The earring that dances oh so nimbly like she does; Grace and agility at their peak, Even rocks melt when she speaks. Her dresses, modish and enticing; every eye on her lingers. She smiles endearingly like a princess but the people call her queen. She climbs herContinue reading “Bitter Perfection”
Sweet 2021
Sweet 2021, You presented to me a shooting star. Glinting, blinding, brisk and swift. Then, withdrew it, conspiring to save it for later. You gave me, at your onset, sunshine and rainbows, flowers and flamingos, poetry and flourishing meadows. Then, in one swish wiped it all away, at your end, with floods and droughts, hurricanesContinue reading “Sweet 2021”
Memory Lane
The chilly, frigid evenings roll in one after another as I gawk out of the window with droopy eyes. Guffaws of pretentious men and women permeate in living rooms- chatting away, neglecting the presence of one. Waking up to grating, irksome alarms with a vacant, poignant space beside me and a home ample of peopleContinue reading “Memory Lane”
A Goodbye Before A Hello
Your bronzite eyes glisten with tears. Your heart was a rose petal and I ripped it, And you wonder how the puzzle pieces don’t fit, Because now all you can apprehend are the world’s brutal jeers. You force smiles and laughter, Lie on your bed like a crumpled ball of paper, Frail and maimed asContinue reading “A Goodbye Before A Hello”
Swan's Labyrinth 