Fiction & Poetry

We have not witnessed a house of worship being destroyed.We have just flown a few thousand miles after cutting the wings of the birds in lieu of certain needs. After having offered a…

As I gazed at your light green eyes,You smiled and said,“They could be misleading.”Tumultuous has been your past.At teens,You had a romance and a boy;As you…

Things are clear yet hazy.The marks of dry pimples on your face,The zebra glass frames under your trimmed eyebrows,The lines of the smile on your moped lips.All that was in…

If only the night was morning And the morning was night Would silence exchange Its exasperating breath With the constant din? Would the clock ticking away Wait for everyone To…

In that grimace smeared across your face,Like a Glasgow Smile carved into your cheeks,In your trembling arms, unwilling,To stitch up the raw ends, scared, scarred.I am there.…

These days you singAt almost every gatheringAnd I follow you shamelessly.I breathlessly drink your voiceIts shape, texture and toneWith an abandonThat sometimes…

At times I think with Your blessings I was born into this worldA purpose to pursueObligations to fulfil for the good of othersLaurels gave me a lot of pleasure though transitory…

The river is like a flowing history Or a curving geography of civilizationSo many cultures nurtured in your lap So many cities lost in your waves In your bosom you hold so many…

Yet again, I wonder why my mind is attracted to bow, at your blue feet.See, tainted, I have smeared injustice, all over my ebony body.Time and again, You say, take this path....…

I keep my head bowedLet you decide,My life for me, my choices, Even my thoughts and my desires.  I keep my voice hushed And let you choose for me, Who I must…