Earth won.
Like it won every single soul it held thus far
Like every parent beaming with joy for a newborn
Like every plant winning its first bloom.
Category: Random Poetry
Hands in my pockets
I stay still and watch,
Stoically? Not only.
Helplessly.
To smile unto silence
Unto a space void of other life A smile unacknowledged, unreturned, Unknown to anyone else, unasked for. Yet one that I understand the most. For the chance to smile such a smile, I thank my all encompassing solitude.
An Ode to this City
September’s warmth was on my skin,in the air that I breathed, mixedwith the odour of freshly cut grass.A long, beautiful day was closing up,I walked, my bicycle for company and the night’s omnipresence too.It was in one of those moments,simply like that, when in a moment’s pause, I stayed still, blending into the still night,that […]
Counting Words
“Which classic was written
counting words?”
What do you miss?
Moonlight pours in through the wooden window,
the night follows the lit path inside, they sit
on my closed eyelids, I sleep, peacefully, there.
Then, I am asleep like a baby, here.
One afternoon
“I walked back from lunch,
crossed the street without a second thought,
and was humming a Hindi song when,
just like that, out of nowhere,
it snowed.”
Waiting for birds
“I wait, patiently, curious.
Out of which corner will it enter
and towards where will it go?”
Some mornings
‘Look here, you have no reason,
to complain and fret.
There is food in the fridge,
there is this cute home, wood and white.
And of course, there is the duvet.’
Purged
‘It is hard for me to picturise
the orange of the fire
winning over the deep red of blood.
In the world of colours, I believe,
it happens the other way around.’
Alleys 