Spider   Spider don’t crawl towards me like my lover   Spider don’t entangle me in your web like my lover   Spider don’t spit  venom on me like my lover

A decade ago, we were like lightning crackling across the darkest sky, lighting it up with feral ecstasy. We were raw electricity that hummed and buzzed wildly and blissfully through every dawn, birthing jealousy within every sunrise. We were that bright, fiery, meteorite plummeting through…

So now you look at me like you never knew How could you not? I speak the way I’ve always spoken  Dress and walk and posture the same  I saw the same affections as ever There has been no reason to question me, never  You…

We sneaked into an old  abandoned gym   alone with the dusty equipments surrounded by Grey floor, cream walls and rustic windows   I was on the bench press when I saw your face upside down   you helped me lift a heavy iron barbell…

HOUR FIVE In my yesteryears memories, I see my ancestral home- an adjunct to my life a home painted with not just colors- but celebrations of life I peeked into the rasoi, a roshandaan- a quaint window with molds and webs greeted nostalgia and paper…

The proximity of your house to mine Smell of the wild flowers from the nearby field It’s never the same without you all The beauty of the sun sets The walk in the rains The nothingness of life The love I felt Without any pretense…

There is a House on Catamaran Where I used to go in the summer Or the winter or the fall depending It was usually my mother’s call When we’d visit the House on Catamaran   It was a beautiful House on Catamaran With a white…

A school trip becomes an escape to get lost in my favorite place Crispy leaves crunching under foot Birds fly over head that like to avoid the city The chill in the air is perfect for the apple picking season The scent of the cider…

Prompt for Hour Two- Under the comforting shades of aspen trees- Memories wilts and wheatgrass grows taller than the last year- fragile moments and parched eyes; thistle needles pierced my solitude We collect dandelions; beyond time and life We churned corn stalks powder into anesthetic-…

Moon lit walks and late night talks, By the lake side, or where we reside, Fond of the glory of our youth and summer nights spent aloof, We often dreamt of another place and space. You made a canopy for me, in your heart and…