As I lie back and close my eyes to another night, I feel the demon in the closet readying to spite. As my blood runs cold in the veins and the heart beats wild, I prepare myself for a run-in: elusive, yet profiled. I notice that I’ve grown much weaker, […]
I kneel before You today. Rarely have I asked You something for myself, hardly have I prayed – I always have believed that You know. But today, I kneel before You with a fog of turmoil clouding my eyes. A turmoil that has built up discreetly under my nose every […]
Don’t you forget when I tell you, Someone lives his life because of you. Wherever you go, just keep this in mind, Everyday and in every breath of his, He wishes that that you are doing well in bliss. With all his heart and his soul, He wishes that you […]
I liked this magnificent vase ever since I was a kid, Imagining it with the most beautiful flowers the world ever had, Tinted with freshest green leaves posing amid. I would tell myself that I would get it one day, As it would shine brighter and lovelier resting in my hands, And the […]
When you are in my arms smiling, Try listening to one of my intense heartbeats pounding. You gave them a reason worthier than just to keep me alive, Did you know how glad they are now, beating? When we lock our lips in love, Try reading through my pensive mind. […]
When we fell, Like drops of milk onto the grains of wheat, For a moment we did feel the disparity’s heat. But we held on as the two transformed in time, To be bread and butter, thankfully together in prime. When we fell, Rows rapped at […]
I was in the garden this Valentine’s morning, That I turned in wonder to a familiar fragrance, Could it be you behind me, silently following? But then it was a little white flower saying hello in salience. Then there was this rumbling breeze nice and slow, Could it be you […]
By my balcony I stand deluging in the raindrops, Searching you in one of them to feel my unspoken teardrops, With my eyes closed, as that’s how forever with me you stay, And my breath profound, ‘Coz I breathe you every day. I stare at the starry and gorgeous night-skies, […]
ಬಸ್ ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ನಿಂದ ಇಳಿ-ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನದ ಬಿಸಿಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆಯ ಕಡೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ನಾನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿ ನೋಡಿದೆ. ಬಿದಿರು ಹೂವಾದಾಗೊಮ್ಮೆ ಬೀಳುವಂತಹ ಅತಿ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಕನಸಿನ ನಡುವಲ್ಲಿರುವಾಗ, ಕರ್ಕಶ ಸದ್ದಿನ ಅಲಾರ್ಮ್ ಕ್ಲಾಕೊಂದು ಕಿರ್ರನೆ ಚೀರಿ ಎಬ್ಬಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಭಾಸವಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು ನನಗೆ. ಕನಸ್ಸು ಮತ್ತೆ ಮುಂದುವರೆಯಬಹುದೇನೋ ಎಂಬ ಹಂಬಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚುವ ಆ ಆಜನ್ಮ ಚಟ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ‘ವಾಪಸ್ ನಡೆ’ ಎಂದು ಈಗೊಂದು ನೂರು ಸಲ ಹಿಂತಿರುಗಿ ನೋಡುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿತ್ತು. ಪ್ರತಿ ಸಲವೂ […]
ನಾನವಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದ್ದೆ. ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಿದ್ದ ರವಿ ಯಾವುದೊ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದ. ನನ್ನ ಮುಂದೆಯೂ ಹ್ಯಾರಿ ಪಾಟರ್ ನ ಯಾವುದೋ ಇಂಟರೆಸ್ಟಿಂಗ್ ಪುಟ ತೆರೆದಿತ್ತಾದರೂ ನಾನು ಹಿಂದೆಂದೂ ಇದ್ದಿರದಷ್ಟು ಒಲವಿನಿಂದ ಅವಳ ಹೂಗೆನ್ನೆಯ ಮುಖವನ್ನಷ್ಟೇ ಓದುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಎಂಟು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ನೋಡಿದ್ದ ಅದೇ ಪರಿಚಿತ ಫೇಸ್-ಕಟ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಇಂದು ಅದೇಕೋ ಹೇಳದೆ ಕೇಳದೆ ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಮೆಲ್ಲಗೆ ಕದ್ದು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿತ್ತು ಆ ನಗುಮೊಗ. ಅವಳನ್ನು ದ್ವೇಷಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಈಗೆರಡು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ನನಗೆ ನಾನೇ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ […]