What you do to me

When you're in love and have been for a very long time, you change a little bit. Everything seems secure, maybe not on the job front or at a global level, but emotionally. You're better off now than before because you get a sense of peace from knowing that you're loved and have someone to...

Pottery

For lack of stamina to go mall-walking-gawking again and since we aren't exactly foodies as we worry too much about cholesterol, my husband and I decided to join a pottery workshop on a weekend.We went to this place I had heard about many times and after researching on whether they were robbing us by asking...

My best

You bought a mask that was too small for you. And I kept it as mine.I wear your mother's earrings to work. They suit me very well. And I like your compliments.We have a whole morning ritual filled with affection. It makes me feel lucky to have you all for myself. You're delectable. We have...

Life is funny

Remember when Trigonometry scared the living daylights out of you? And then a lot more alphabets joined to terrorize you in a subject you loved to hate. But then you dealt with it and took all those X's and Y's and added it to your Instagram poetry after a decade. Progress? Yes.You were that teenage...

Remembrance

What you remember is what makes you your true self. I choose to remember the good things. My memory of the school bully or the college jerk or the office maniac are all limited to these titles my brain has given them. Their names do not take space in my head. They do not require...

Idiosyncrasies

The movement of the scar on his eyebrow when he sleepsThe way she sways sideways while listening to Taylor SwiftThe way he holds out a peace sign in a mystical fashion when he goes to the bathroomThe way he lights up when he talks about Lionel MessiThe way she smiles when he shows up exactly...

Caffeinated thoughts

In the vast expanse of my life You loved me for a moment Silently but swiftly passed time Flashbacks of us though, a slow torment You traced a finger over my vein Searching for my secrets Looking for the source of my hidden pains But you could never reach it In the end, what we...

Forever, always and after

The first time I saw you Didn't know if you were true I saw you standing there Smiling away Never thought that you, my dear Was dying to stay In my heart Forever, always and after You came to sit beside me My darling fantasy Did you ever know that I loved you at first...

Chance meetings

Chance meetings As I rummaged through the bookshelf in my parents' house to decide which book would be most suitable to take back home to read to my kid, I found a shiny object in the corner. It was a watch. A broken one. The one I had thrashed to the floor on purpose to...

Countdown

Ten I'm completely smitten By everything you have and do And by the possibilities you hold in you Nine I'm invisible to you Unless you realize asking me Is the best alternative for most things Eight I steady myself It has long been the right time To accept that I deserve better than what you...