I am no younger
I am closer to my forties
The ladies of my age are married
I do miss a good company of a lady
I wonder if I will fall in love ever again
The heartbreaks that shaped my present
The loss of opportunities due to depression
I wonder If I could trust another woman
To bring hope and seal my healed heart
Maybe, I am averse to taking a risk
Without sorting out my finances
To not to be in a situation again
Where I cannot afford the lady
Nor win over her family
I wonder why I come across
Nice ladies from far away places
I write poems about my crushes
My heart is hardened to stop there
I would leave my native someday
Like I attempted five times in the last decade
I don't wish to raise a kid given my mental health
I don't know If I will come across a woman
Who will make me wish to build a home!
The poem is inspired by the prompt #Satsplat . The image was taken by Travis Grossen
I came to your doorstep
I didn’t knock
I heard your voice
It thrilled me
I had a letter for you
I didn’t give
I saw your smile
It graced me
I had a lot to tell
I didn’t try
I just walked away
In silence
You were raining joy on me
You were blooming love in me
You were showering hope on me
But I didn’t know how to tell you
We met for a purpose that we knew
From the moment we started talking
We started a
journey of friendship
Which we never
hoped to have in real
Don’t even know
how we got involved
Deeply In each
other’s personal lives
Sharing those
fun times and memories
That gave joy as
well as immense pain
Isn’t this a beautiful silent love?
When I know I m in your heart
When you know you are in my heart
Even in dreams, we are together
Isn’t this a beautiful silent love?
We are trying to
shrug off our emotions
Even though we
like each other so much
As we know it is hard to be together in real
Yet, we wish to
change the circumstances
We made each
other stronger with care
We wiped out
each other’s tears with hope
We gave
affection without even realizing
We shared our
love without uttering a word
Isn’t this a beautiful silent love?
When I know I m in your heart
When you know you are in my heart
Even in dreams, we are together
Isn’t this a beautiful silent love?
We are still
wondering, what made us closer
Inner voices
always made us be in touch
Giving all our
goodwill, we changed our lives
Looking ahead
with some prayers for unison
Isn’t this a beautiful silent love?
When I know I m in your heart
When you know you are in my heart
Even in dreams, we are together
Isn’t this a beautiful silent love?
This was an attempt to write a song back in 2008. My friend Thomas recorded some songs based on my lyrics during that period. We had a wish to start a band. It sounds funny now when I look back. Pictures were taken by Nathan Dumlao and Fanny Gustaffson
A balcony facing the paddy fields
Steaming black tea and fritters on the teapoy
They were watching the summer rain
Together like for the first time
The rhythm of rain fall on
The paddy leaves and trees
The mosaic floor was cold
The air had the fragrance
of soil, Lillies, and Jasmines
Their favorite flowers
They leaned on to each other
Whispering the sweet nothings
She blushed and her dimples bloomed
While the rain droplets dripped toward them
From their roof in the direction of the breeze
They stood up and cuddled for that rainy breeze
Drenching with the excitement of new lovers
Their summer vacation in a village homestay
They saw more rain than the sun and the scenery
They remembered how they met on a rainy day
Drenched and shivering in a tea shop sipping tea
Their eyes made contact and froze while the steam
Took them back to senses and they talked excitedly
It seemed like they have gone back to that moment
They took their tea cups and walked towards their room
With desires from the past luring them for nostalgic romance
This poem is inspired by the extended rain sessions during the summer in Trivandrum. Images are taken by Dagmara Dombrovska and Miliju Varghese
Let’s go
for an adventure
In the lush
forest of pine trees
With bare
essentials to survive
Walking along
the ancient trails
Left behind
by the local tribals
Let’s find
a safe place to set up
A hut for
shade from the rain
And barrier
against the animals
With tree
branches and mud
Thatched
roof with the grass
A fireplace
to remain warm
A rocket
stove for cooking
Let’s sleep
with the warmth
Of each
other and fireplace
Let’s wake
up to a new dawn
Amidst the
tall trees of history
Let’s walk
through the fog
Towards the
wild vineyard
And taste
the mist from the
Wild grapes
before the sunrise
Let’s find
the lake to swim
When the
water is still cold
Collect
pristine water from stream
For brewing
wild berries for tea
Let’s
forage in the wild for safe
Fruits,
mushrooms, and roots
Hunt some
small animals too
And cook
them while sun sets
We can
enjoy the dinner with
Fermented wild
berries and grapes
We can
enjoy a memorable spring
Amidst the
nature, away from city
We could
drench in the rain and
Play like
kids, with nobody to bother
We could
explore the hills and valleys
We could
make love in the bed of
wild
flowers, enjoying the wild fragrance
We could
find wild honey to sweeten our
Brews and
sparkle on our foggy mornings
Let’s build
a tree shelter for safety
To escape
from wild animal attacks
Let’s enjoy
the wild life for somedays
A lonely
world to keep falling in love
This is the 400th post on this blog. This poem is inspired by the prompt from #MadVerse.
A pretty smile from her teenage
That stayed in my heart secretly
As we grew into close friends
Spending hours sharing little things
Like happiness, incidents and secrets
I realised she looked up to me faithfully
I felt a spark in my heart about her
Her smile over the years became prettier
My mind couldn't stop thinking about her
Her way of telling things first to me with
So much excitement made me feel good
Conversations with her became special
Butterflies flew in my tummy whenever
I heard her voice rumbling her things
I used to wait for her monthly call eagerly
Sneaking away from her college or home
The calls became frequent over the time
I couldn't tell her that I fell in love with her
As her best friend,I couldn't let her down
I wrote many poetries about her secretly
She let me flirt with her on valentines day
I felt an intense bond thriving between us
Without uttering anything about love
She became romantic and we became
Mad lovers separated by the time zones
She showered me with so much affection
Her husky voice became my morning light
I shared my poetries about her, she liked
I saw a life with her closer to a beach
She invited me to her city to move ahead
This poem is based on prompt "Describe what it was like to fall in love".
Make sure you clear up your mind,
Decide what is best for your future.
Do you see me as part of that journey?
If not, prepare me for your departure.
I will pack all the memories and dreams;
You can keep all the gifts and moments.
You'll still be in my heart as spring of past.
Let's walk away without uttering a word;
Without hugs, kisses, and sad goodbyes!
If you want to go on a journey with me,
Let go of all those dark fights we had,
All the tears and nightmares we shared,
And all those hurtful words we hurled.
Let's make a new start for our lost love!
Let's travel through new places to build new dreams, experiences and memories. Let's promise to hold on to each other!
A poem based on word prompt #FromOneLine. Image from Unsplash. Thank you :)
I'm missing yesterday's smile of
you
It was magical, made of
moonshine
I thought of visiting you again hours
later, as I wished to see it
glint again
It was your final pithy smile for
me
A talkative girl's silent
departing gift
Like a touching speech by an
orator
Prepared with
soulless emptiness
I regret not taking you out in a
steam
Train, that whistles like hustles
of rain
Through the snow caped valleys
that
You wished to see during last
winter
You were jaded, as I was so
jealous of
your friends, who stole away the time
that I wished to keep aside for
ourself
I wish I had words to melt your
heart
I've read your journal about our
breakup
You were sad and let the tears
sooth the
pain, You were conscious about
state of
my mind, but you chose to remain
silent
A poem based on word prompts from #WriteMap #moonmystic #poetryprompt #BraveWrite #WIPWordSearch #WordSoupDaily#atreyasverse. Image from Unsplash Thanks to Michael Dam
Her moonlit glasses
Hid her bumble eyes
Wandering around to
See the man who fell
For her beguile words
and smile, Her hollow
love had razor's edge
To win disputes with
him, Everytime they
faced fights of egos
She thrived in poems
He wrote about her
He was drunk in his
Innocent love for her
She's just abiding time
Enjoying the glitters of
his company, Until his
purpose in her life ends
He was dreaming about
An impossible life with her
He didn't realise that she is
a mirage that he cannot own
She would fly away like a bird
When she come across another
man, Who is rich and more exciting
This poem is based on word prompts from #vss365 #crowcalls #vssmagic #ThePush #Wordsofglass #moonmystic and #FridayPhrases
Image from www.dreamstime.com
When the velvet dusk haunts moon,
I will be waiting for you with
Larkspur flowers
I want to put them on your pink hair,
To make you gleam at night with
shy smile
I will end my woeful wanderings,
for listening to the soulful music that
you play
And you will see me dancing wildly to the
music of you, and lose in potion of
your love
The purpose of my life is to build a new life,
with you in an estuary of
your dreams
A poem based on word prompts from #atreyasverse #BraveWrite #moonmystic #VIVpoem #vss365 #WIPWordSearch Image from Google
