Corona, also known as COVID-19, has laid waste to the entire world population, restricting movement all over. While some countries recover from it, trying to gather some semblance of its previous life, the majority of the countries are completely shut down. This means lakhs of single men and women, apart, trying to find love or […]
10 Ways to Die
You can froth at the mouth by swallowing some poison Or you can take some pills and let yourself rest or wrap a plastic around your head and stifle yourself to death. Pillows aren’t that effective, but a rope you can use and hang yourself from a height, till your eyes bulge out and your […]
Wounds
The slamming of the door jostled her awake from her unconscious state. This time the pain was intense. The throbbing just wouldn’t stop. He must have left by now, she thought. She struggled to pull herself off from the bed, her body refusing to budge. The mattress of the bed gave her comfort which even […]
A Mad, Mad World
I hear a screech. I open my eyes and find myself floating in a liquid. It looks like ink. Something is moving around me, noiselessly. I feel it creeping up my legs, something slimy, wrapping itself around my legs. I try to ward it off, by flailing my arms and legs. But instead, it simply […]
Our Souls at Night
Our souls are empty at night Longing for a familiar touch A familial memory To fill up the restless mind. I have seen people pass by Looking for a familiar look For a touch of love would save them Rescue them from the flash of death. The bright lights blind her, washing away her senses […]
The Last Goodbye
A song fills my heart A song of truth While the nascent moon creeps out from behind Trying to peek into my mind Trying to understand my thoughts, my emotions But how can it when I feel a multitude of emotions From the memories left behind. I turn into a familiar lane, A lane of […]
The Respite of Lovers
Tonight the sky abounds with stars, Burning like quiet emblems of hope For lovers apart Waiting to unite and fall apart With just a touch of the skin, Or a touch of the lips Or just an embrace To break down the distance And dissolve into quiet passion into the disquiet night, Oblivious to the […]
Who will cry when you die?
Who will cry when you die? Will they bid you goodbye? Or mourn the loss left behind? Or will they simply laud your achievements when you die? What good is crying when you are dead? When you can’t celebrate the person alive instead. Criticism and rebukes are what you pile upon them, What good […]
In resentment
I resent my life, I resent being born a woman, Unable to make my choices as men do, For who cares about women who wants to live their lives as they do? I resent the world that passes by Not giving a second chance to the people left behind Of people who didn’t get the […]
Down by the Riverside
She slips into consciousness, Numb from the alcohol, But yet she could feel the palm over her mouth Muffling her voice, Holding her still. ‘Quiet! Quiet!’ it said Repeating over and over again Words which seemed to come from a distance, Words that would haunt her as remittance. Yet she struggled to be free, From […]
