She was ****** into a bubble
when he held her hand
it was his instant reaction
When she was about to fall

He held her hand
to make her walk,
to help her climb,
to stroll her down the pavement

She felt safe,
safe again!

Slowly her skin absorbed
the warmth of his hand
Blood gushed all over her
with no signs of maturity

Bumps on the road
turned into Goosebumps
Without her knowing,
her seventy slithered to
seventeen

The moment was seized and
she was pleased!

Her wisdom and stature
grew in love and longings
the hint of skin
blossomed her inner kin

Bubbles meeting bubbles!

Seconds, minutes, hours,
days, months, years..
what's left for you now ?
Go wild before it's all used up!!

I met you in a fall
By a huge wall, painted like a Chinese dragon
I felt the spark instantly.

It was a beautiful fall,
I fell for it all over again!
Pretty colors painted by trees,
thinking it was just for us.
Yellow orange and red,
the colors of friendship and love.

But the leaves started falling slowly, and
the truth of rejection crept in me swiftly.
Leaves on the ground, so bright and beautiful,
shattered like my colorful dreams.
The branches were naked, so as my soul.
It’s fall again - for the trees and for me

I didn't see her for three days

then she was back
but her color was not

where her hair parted
was starkly arid
on her forehead
wasn't the dot of red
and her saree was bleached white

yet nothing was amiss
she intently scaled the fishes
cut them neatly into pieces
though a piece of her went missing

She knows well
for no price
can she stop the sale.

It was cry for help!
     she screamed, she choked on her heart
Oh they enjoyed it,
     enjoyed every bit of her scream, like a lullaby
She was tired,
     dead tired, as she wept…
At the crack of dawn, she heard the rooster crow
     her cries turned into laughter, an unkempt laughter!
They started laughing with her
     cheered her on by clapping hands, song and dance
She paused her laugh and looked at them,
     her face immersed in the morning sunlight
     showing nothing but innocence..
They walked away,
     walked away with no sign of regret
The little girl paused her laugh,
     she paused her laugh forever!!

ഒരു നീണ്ട കാത്തിരിപ്പിന്റെ അന്ത്യത്തിൽ
ഒരായിരം സ്വപ്നങ്ങൾതൻ ജന്മസാക്ഷാത്കാരത്തിൽ
ഒന്നായ ഉടലുകളും ഒന്നായ മനസ്സുകളും
ഒരു കൂട്ടം മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങുകളുടെ തേരേറി
തെളിവാനിൽ പൊങ്ങിപ്പറക്കവേ..
എന്തേ നീ എന്നെ പിന്നിലാക്കി?
എന്നെ പിന്നിലാക്കി വിദൂരതയിലേക്ക് ഊളിയിട്ടുപോയി?
എന്തേ നീ ഉയരങ്ങളിലേക്ക് പൊങ്ങിപ്പറന്നൂ?
ഉയരങ്ങളിലേക്ക് പൊങ്ങിപ്പറന്ന്‍ അപാരതയിൽ മുങ്ങിമറഞ്ഞു?

ഒരു വെള്ളത്തുണിയാൽ അവർ നിന്റെ മുഖം മറയ്ക്കുന്നു!
അതു തട്ടിയെറിഞ്ഞെറിഞ്ഞു ഞാന്‍ തളർന്നു വീഴുന്നു!
നീലയാണു നിന്റെ നിറമെന്നു ഉറക്കെ കൂവുന്ന എന്നെ
വെള്ള മതിയെന്നു പറഞ്ഞവർ തള്ളി അകറ്റുന്നു!!

I didn’t mean to photobomb!
I just got dropped into the frame..
Thanks Mom!