I have planted my best seeds in barren ground Love is like light You absorb some of it Reflect some of it And refract the rest Not long ago we were on the same starting point in a circular course But we were facing opposite directions Now we approach meeting in the middle Best if … Continue reading Vacuum
I woke up after a long nap yesterday, went about my business and promptly got assaulted by a sea of red. I hate red in most things but none surpasses red clothes. If I were Neo in The Matrix, I wouldn’t have given the woman in red a second look. And I’d have taken the … Continue reading Valentine’s Day
Have you ever witnessed the birth of a child? A fragile babe thrust violently into our vile world? One more innocent one stained by the first lungful of air Such a beautiful thing it is, still Have you ever smelt the morning dew on leaves, so mild? Or the glint in an infant’s eye, lovingly … Continue reading Of things that are beautiful
Swearing is a sign of a limited vocabulary. Don’t look at me, I didn’t spill that baloney! It was some actor in a movie trailer I saw. Apparently you already know on which side of the fence I am. I’m so $@%#! far on this side of the $@%#! fence that I can’t even see … Continue reading iSwear
It dissolves my resolve Once I asked how a leopard can blot its spots Or a tiger wipe its stripes Living the moments even they pass Just like flickering flames before the dust and the ash Cherishing them even as they perish Peace resides on the other side of conflict And there’s no berth around … Continue reading Choices and Fates
How old are you has ceased to be a polite question nowadays. You’d think one was asking for a menstrual chart or a combination to a safe. I once asked a girl this and she said she’d be 18 this year. This was in January and her birthday is not till November. Maybe I am … Continue reading Age is just a number?
It is not what you get, it’s what you give It is not how far, but how well It is not by power or by might but by the grace of God The more cynical reader might have already deciphered where I am going with this. The naïve one will think this is another uplifting … Continue reading An interesting non-sequitur
MUDITA “Love is a smoke and is made with the fumes of sighs” Abel fell in love with Maryam the very first day he laid his eyes on her. He was shy and she was snobbish and barely spoke to each other till long after the day they met in a mutual friend’s office. Abel, … Continue reading Faces of Love
How absurd is the desire of a man? Who trades the gem he possesses to covet what is but half in value How confusing is the affection of a woman? Who loves you less the more you love her How foolish is the lass? Who, at the simplest of kind gestures, falls hopelessly … Continue reading Love Is Pain. Love Is Suffering