bright blue morn

 

A bright blue morning. 

Brings wafts of #pungent incense

By your head, my love.

#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?

for myself

 

Why do I write?

It's like love.

For me.

Not for you. 

Perhaps.

It's for #sentient myself. 

Not for robot me.

Cheap over-the-counter love gives me no high.

I've killed for it. 

Lived with guilt.

Not boasting.

Not recommending it either.

Given another chance,

it would still be the same.

Perhaps.

And why does this look like a poem.

When it is not.

That's for cheap love.

#vss365 

threesome

 

"Should we try a threesome?"

"Alone is best for this. Two is an #audacious challenge. Three would be suicidal."

"Good, aren't we, in this murder business?"

"Thx to love & possessiveness. That itself rules out 3."

"Right. Means to an end will become end of the means."

#vss365

the best time with

 

"Appa, what was the best time with Amma?"

"Every moment."

"Appa! What was the really really best?"

"I had a night out with some pals. Drunken #vigil, we used to call it. That night, I knew I was with the wrong company. Left before dawn. Showered. Went to Hotel Rajesh at 6 when they opened. Got a heavy dose of filter coffee. Knocked at her door. We kissed. She said, nice coffee. Ha! Then..."

"Then?"

"Then, you happened."

#vss365

one and the same

 

Why do we compare Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys,

Or The #Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man,

Is it because we are one and the same,

Or you are better than me to remember,

Or should I chase you away, my intruder,

From the silence and darkness of this long long wait?

#vss365

Domesticity

 

"What are you doing?"

"Writing."

"In the middle of..."

"Just a minute."

"It's our first night."

"Not the last night."

"It could be your last word."

"Exactly. Don't wait.

#Pummel the blank page with thoughts.

Domesticity!"

"Bah!"

#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?

censorship

 

Divine vision or #mystical inspiration or whatever it might be, it went against the guiding principles of the school and probably against the ethos of the society. 

The Principal decided that the student and his sketch should go.

#vss365

from

https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2012/06/because-of-rain.html

this beast

I've been a beast,

this saint confesses:

not a caress

only roughness,

silence

& fussy deafness,

crude talk

& the excuse of old pastime,

chasing #rainbows

with rotten principles & outrage,

scoff

& make it all your fault,

crack the mirror

hell's too good for this devil.

#vss365

Love's been gone for too long

 

Love's been gone for too long, 

I wouldn't know how I should be-

Scowl in sun-kissed love-nests

Or #laugh in dark godforsaken alleys?

Will these cold eyes find a smile,

Will I swallow the cynical wit,

Do I know how to touch and kiss?

Quite sure it ain't like swimming or cycling.

But then, that too is strange to me,

If it comes in deep water or on two wheels,

There's going to be a valid excuse

To escape from the kiss of life.

#vss365

the other in my office

 

There’s no poetry in my office.

It's 10 feet by 10 feet, a tight pack

Of 4 places – for me & another

And 2 love-birds that coo elsewhere.

I watch the ants perfect a straight march.

I've named the #spider in the left corner.

There's plenty to do till the other arrives...

#vss365 

from 

https://gatheredthoughts-swapna.blogspot.com/2011/03/office.html

from 'The Story of Swapna'

 

Alone, wandering, searching in the vast expanse-

The air spoke past’s agony- the night before dawn.

I was not alone for I could hear a gentle sobbing-

Another lonely heart; breaking #rules, the like did attract.

#vss365

(from 'The Story of Swapna' circa early 90s)

https://discardedthoughts-swapna.blogspot.com/2009/07/his-story-searching-and-finding-1991.html

Do you mind if I say I love you?

 

They caught their breath.

"Do you smoke after sex?"

"Never checked."

"Can I say I love you?"

"Depends."

"Lifelong bondage?"

"Nope."

"Unconditional care with unlimited #sass?"

"Ok."

"Good."

"Well, say it."

"What?"

"Pass the ciggie."

"I love you."

"Me too."

#vss365

from 'The Last Time I Wrote About Love'

 

Which #angel scattered diamonds upon this field –

O wicked one! Why do you #charm me so?

Life seems so light with its wish to join you,

But the gentle air alone caresses and beckons.

#vss365

from 

https://newnonentities.blogspot.com/2010/07/last-time-i-wrote-about-love.html

total eclipse at noon

 

The total eclipse at noon, wind, rain, lightning, thunder, swaying trees, cries for help-

all that added to the #charm of the danger within.

He entered the bedroom. Closed the door and knelt. The figure by the window smoked a beedi. 

"Lovely, right?"

"Yes, Mistress."

#vss365

Sherin's note

 

'Remember Sherin's suicide note?' 

I read aloud that comment on her post.

Got a #scowl in return.

Found nothing about that. 

Should not have disturbed the ghosts in unmarked graves. The boy under her Jeep. Her cousin's unsuitable affair. The disposed others.

When I say love you

What do I choose to forget?

Your sins or myself?

#vss365

#haiku #senryu ?

from 'When I was King'

 

I was a king for six months. 

In Beluru, not even a village then. In my 1st school, a hut with a moat of mud.

An imp with #mischief in her eyes raised a flutter in my chest. Could have made her mine if I knew I was king. I was a fool instead. Tried hard to be like her.

#vss365

from

https://justoneavatar.blogspot.com/2012/12/when-i-was-king.html