Angels live in heaven, so I heard them say,in pristine celestial beauty they glow as the sparkling stars in the crystalline milky way,but often they descend on earth, I know. How do I know, you may ask me,I’ve seen the radiance in the heart of my motheras bright as the Read more…
Hair all tucked in; shorn of jewelleryLike newly minted doctors gathering degrees;Swaddling along in blue cloth slippersThe women in pink robes On the operation tableLike a chicken to be slaughteredThe pain throbs deep intoThe abyss of one’s core Nails digging into one’s skinThe prick of pain buried as theSensations swept Read more…
The bodies lay out on the Goan sandFleshy and unclad,Blushing with healthFed on life’s luxuriant proprieties… The beach perfect shapesThe bikinis cut to perfectionThe suntan oil primed to colourthem in a becoming olive tan! She came along, her Saree tornIn places she tries to hide her curves,Her complexion heightened to Read more…
Once again, the sky dons its iridescent vest, Giving its cloudy cloak a little rest. I too’ll forget my woes to cycle away, Into the barny bylanes with stacks of hay, to the big boughed banyan tree, And wait there with my sangh, “Stree”, For the orange bus that brings Read more…
A gleaming dark invisible virus took us in, A contagion, like a fiery fiend on a spin, Consuming men, women and children within, In countries and continents, setting footprints in. On a war footing, Doctors worked in, through nights till the sun came in Midst sea of deaths, fear, came Read more…