We Were Just Here
Yesterday is becoming crowded. It is filled with peoplewho were just here. The friend you promisedto call tomorrow. The grandparentwhose stories felt endless. The childwho wanted to show you somethingfor…
Advice to the One Who Writes
Do not beginwith our voices. Begin where your silencestarts to ache. Writeas if language has just been inventedand you are the firstto discover its fire. Do not ask the crowdwhat…
The Person Who Stayed
Not everyone who loves youwill stay. Some will wavefrom the bright windows of your lifeand disappear at the next station. Some will promise foreverthe way children promisethey will never grow…
Last Night I Offered a Hand of Mine To Myself
Last night I offered a hand of mine to myself knowing how unnoticed it had gone for quite a long time now. I looked at it the way I never…
There’s a note
There's a note that I wrote to myself that no matter what I'd break down when the circumstances demand and remain weak until I choose to be strong. I've recited…
Fall arrived with recurring echoes of the rift
To me, fall arrived with recurring echoes of the rift. This time I knew exactly when I had to leave, a little before the truth slipped past my bubble of…
Love has buried people in its synonyms
Love has buried people in its synonyms, wisely, knowing how confronted it was.Love for me is an ocean and I don't know how to swim.So I didn't go near it…
Thinking
Thinking I've known gestures more than people, tales more than pages and poems more than written.I've seen stories buried in sunsets and people discovering their own eternity.I'm not skilled in…
Apna ek tukda maine sab mein dekha
Apna ek tukda maine sab mein dekhaAlag sa hissa alag sa kissaPehle hoti thiDo baaton pe chaar baateinAb toh bas khamoshiyanSiskiyan bharti hain. Jeb bhar le aayeYaadon ka saharaGhum gayi…
War
I've been snorting violence for too long, and now my breath seems to be a curse to mankind.Each word that doesn't define war is a victory for you and me.The…