Forty dead, bodies returned, soldiers mourned, nation angry Pulwama was known for saffron – and is now dripping in the pigments of blood-drenched fields and flowers Forever forging ahead, at the hands of a callous nation Obnoxious politics, a distressed tricolor on coffins Repeat, rinse, repeat, repeat, rinse, repeat Telling the same story, imposingContinue reading “Pulwama, your saffron fields”
Category Archives: connections
about polar vortex etc
about comparisons that are relatively subjective about paradigms across poles which span extreme contrasts about weather apps and small talk about experiments with freezing points about metric systems and the rest of the world about endangered environment and presidential twitter posts about driveways buried under severe inability about vast emptiness which is white open aboutContinue reading “about polar vortex etc”
Cradling contradictions
I write my own story I create delivering a composition of myriad emotions cocooned in me my blood and insides a twisted tale which descends into depths of union, of ecstasy a forceful passage dark tunnels fiercely contracting into voids an abundant first cry delivered with respite I give birth to significance I give birthContinue reading “Cradling contradictions”
2019, quietly delivered
2019, quietly delivered to our doorsteps You unwrap yourself With a smirky smile And halt at the threshold Knocking your announcement Before the doorknob turns 2018, sways to a countdown And pretends to heal Without an offer of justice You are unconvinced There is no guilt, instead Denial is almost palpable You hold yourContinue reading “2019, quietly delivered”
My Original Men
Sahir, You are our magician Your conduct inspires This 26th birthday You are wished Love that is ever present Discipline to dream Courage to face life Ability to listen and seek Papa, You are the original inspiration Your stature motivates This 83rd birthday You are wished Many more adventures With PurposeContinue reading “My Original Men”
Possibilities – 1921 to 2018
Possibilities – Rose Mallinger Of caravans moving across fault-lines Names and knowledge cutting through Dictating new normals, being touchstones Of spoken words and bloody acts Of solidarity amidst conspiracy Grief and tears holding silence Amidst rhetoric of heinous hate Of tender antidotes to trigger madness Of two sides to a coin Being an unacceptableContinue reading “Possibilities – 1921 to 2018”
Rarest of the rare
To Jigeesha – you were the rarest of the rare I have thought about you often, since March 18, 2009 Today Are you home and surrounded by books? Do you startle at the sound of screeching cars? Did you never visit the desert again? Then You spanned across dreams and detours Riding like aContinue reading “Rarest of the rare”
Ours forever – 27.9.2018
Dear God, Thank you for giving us a blessing I know you have him in your embrace Your ways are unusual You wanted to teach us prayer We are mere learners on route Captivated by the beauty of your gifts We believe they are ours -forever Struggling to untangle the chords wondering why youContinue reading “Ours forever – 27.9.2018”
Hemisphere & Horizon
You define me In all ways I know of me You are the preface of my life The genesis of every word I learn You are my road and my home Standing sure, at the corner of every exhaustion You are my light and it’s music Voices loud and clear even inContinue reading “Hemisphere & Horizon”
Of serving love, and loved ones
A look back conjuring up myself into being a present mother is like starting over craving buoyancy, yours just sitting by each other pouring cups of tea flavors boiling over teasing our bubbling chatter pain erased by the familiarity of silly details, and homecoming be well Sanah be brave Invisible tomorrow’s you, both, inspireContinue reading “Of serving love, and loved ones”
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