Do judge my art, my heart. It was our love that bloomed In verse, We share copyright For better and for worse. And as long as I'm not banned, I'll even hold your hand, As you scythe and rip and rend This offering of my heart, my heart. So be cruel and critical and fierce, [...]
The Fall
I want to have a mother of all meltdowns, Smash the racket and my crown, Drag the arbitrator From his throne. And for good measure, Pin him to a board Dissected at leisure The insect that he is. These are my grazing grounds, The people I grew up around. If they will not contain, [...]
Menopause
The colours are changing. The silver in my hair stealing a march over the blacks, The carpet that's begun to match the drapes. The youthful 'tch’ of irritation My teen makes as I ask him to thread the needle, Explain the mysteries of Instagram, Find my glasses. The eyes that flashed fire. Mriganayani, the lover [...]
Tortuga and Mariposa
Nobody had asked Tortuga When they placed the earth on top of his shell. Will make a man out of you, they said. Wrenching him from his mother's breast. He watched in bewilderment as they balanced Earth's weight on his delicate shell. It will be calloused and hard in no time they assured him. But, [...]
Adoption
Scenario 1: Caller: Madam, I got your number from XYZ and I want to enquire about homeschooling. Me: OK, how many children do you have? How old are they? Caller: I have one daughter and one adopted son. Me: *Found dead with phone in hand, brain splatter pattern indicative of spontaneous combustion* Scenario 2: Extremely [...]
Because we swoon
As we walk back, late in the evening, discussing the pointlessness of human existence, how we as a species have the singular ability to desecrate everything we touch, in our arrogance how we have managed to vandalise, destroy, ruin vast tracts of the earth irrevocably. On a planet where all other organisms coexist, taking no [...]
Defining the indefinite
Sitting outside our #HouseInTheHills, the air fragrant with the scent of dope growing wild, listening to this technological wonder called Carvaan that I tote around the house like Linus would his security blanket, we watch Dusk settle her deep mantle around the sleepy village we are fortunate to call home. Almost on cue the fireflies [...]
