Ghosts

You never changed all those years. Those shiny eyes, lopsided smile and a penchant for charm.

Violence in a Molotov

if future were a bag on my back
the straps would melt my shoulders through
and I’d still scramble to hold it between my knees

Canary in a Coal Mine

What does it feel like?O, canary in a coal mineThey call you fickle namesAnd run away when you die What does it feel likeTo be called a doom sign?When the smokes are too highYou have a warning to relay Canary in a coal mineDo you laugh at their fates?Those who laugh as they catch youDo […]

Studs (02.03.2023)

I’ll forgive you again
You’ll hurt me again
This is how we live and love
I haven’t known anything more

flooding on 10.12.2022

A river down my throatI look out of the windowsAnd wind sittingOn the tip of my nose Blocks of truth shoved in my earDocuments of texts tainting the stonesBuds of warmth twisted around my heartThere is a burn seared on my cold fingertipsYour existence is lighter than our realityOur palms are too small to hold […]

11 paras of cholera

I gag at the mirror, the ugly sight
You tell me I chose to look like this
There’s cholera trying to stick to me
I scream, you shout back for negativity

To the young one inside

Okay to breathe in ‘n hold your tears
As long as you let loose occasionally
Ganga also floods the city
The moment it rains too bountifully.

is “no” a potential answer?

The guilt hurts like water up the nose.
I could back down now because it will be easier.
Like every single time.
But there is a boundary to draw.