The Morning Drill

The Morning Drill

The morning’s come, oh no! It’s the same drill, The boring rigmarole, it does kill, The dirty laundry gives me a wild stare, The undone dishes, stained, do glare, The errands to run are piled up like a hill.   The cooker screams, fuming hot is the...
Shattered

Shattered

Silhouetted shadows weave a story within four walls.   Stringed jasmines, roses lay crushed upon yards of luscious silk.   Clinking bangles shatter unheard  amidst the savage slurs.   Wafting fragrance from the burning incense shrouds the reeking...
A Mouthful of Lies

A Mouthful of Lies

“Tring…,” rang the school bell. All the students of class 3 rushed out of the classroom, and so did Sundari. Her round almond eyes were sparkling with delight. As she hopped to the gate to catch the school bus, the ponytails on either side of her head...
Embers of Love

Embers of Love

Between my paused breaths, Mon amour, I yearn, My vapid eyes shed tears with gnawing pain, Like wilted roses, piece by piece I fall, My tarnished verses pine for thy return.   Spring vanished sadly, autumn seems so stern, A distant winter storm doth brew with...
A Serendipitous Encounter

A Serendipitous Encounter

  The mountains of Kodai looked mystically serene with a blanket of mist. Muthu’s tea stall was perched atop a rocky mountain. His business seemed to be enveloped in a blanket of misery more than the mist. “I had told you that tourists wouldn’t come this far...