Flesh
One day, when it comes, My skin will be of diamond. You can't pierce it down, Nor shred it to pieces and howl loud, Unlike warm, mellow flesh. You won't bore your lustful claws inside me, Nor dig your teeth...
Who Am I?
Who am I? Frankly, I don’t know; except for the fact that this question haunts me every night among a billion other things ranging from death making life meaningless or the fact that people change each day without them even...
Fire
A fire burns in my heart. But its flames do not burn me. An even greater pyre blazes in my soul But its sparks do not reach me. For I learn, I am that fire. And a fire cannot annihilate...
The Basket of Love
“What’s for dinner, mother?”, little Joan asked with a weary look on her face. She was eight years old. With the same old shabby dress that she wore for days, dirtyhands, sticky skin and messed up hair tied into a...
Lost in Time
I woke up hastily to a dream I couuldn't remember (Was it a dream? Lately I have trouble differentiating it from reality) I couldn't remember it completely But the reminiscence of a forgotten face persisted in me. It tugged at...
La Memoire
every now and then, I used to experiment just how much more I could bear. when in the bathtub I would sink my head in, trying to hold just one millisecond more than I did the other day until I...
Mirror
Sometimes I feel like a stranger. I look in the mirror, and I see my reflection. I keep on staring at it, deep into the eyes of my echo, and suddenly I am hollow. I feel a mixture of emotions—Emotions...
Minded Thoughts
Someone gave my mind Wings to fly the world Clouds were jealous: So were the birds. Without bidding farewell to my heart Or to my soul, She wandered off to unknown lands With no determination whatsoever With no destination, she...
We Do Not Matter
We do not matter. Your worries and mine; They are destined to fade away. No one- Not even the so called visionaries- Will make it. For one day, all of humanity will be gone. The forests, the roads, the homes....
Detached Soul
There used to be a life within my soul; A beautiful spirit she was- Always being there for me when I fall, Making me the happy girl all I ever was. She sang me many a pretty song And read...
