From Strangers To….

It wasn’t that long ago That we were complete strangers Oblivious to each other’s existence Fighting the demons in my head Never did I expect that I’d find an ally An extraordinary person A subject to my imagination And a muse to my verse An epiphany of sorts That indeed, love can be found When…

Candyfloss and Cigarettes

Looking beyond the fogged window Sitting cross legged on the couch A hot cup of coffee feels cozy in my hands As I crave for something intangible Something indescribable in words Uncaptured in imagery Something that is yet to be written Failed to be spoken Something as strong as a storm And stubborn as sea…

Stay A While

Good things take time But do great things happen in the blink of an eye? Maybe it’s too early Perhaps I don’t even know you well Or at all But I have your voice echoing In my mind, creating a melody I’d love to hear often I have snapshots of your expressions Lined up behind…

Stars and Shells

Waves come crashing at our feet Tall as you stand beside me Somewhere between seeing and being seen I have found my home A vast nothing in front of us Does not invite fear of what lies ahead It is rather a relief A respite from the chaos I have left behind For long, solitude…

One Last Time

Someday your memories will cease to affect me Someday you’ll be walking down the same lane With your arm tightly wrapped around her You’ll look at her how you looked at me once Someday I’ll find someone who’d string words together Beautifully, for me I’ll go to bed reading something he wrote And dream about…

Not Yet

I don’t specifically mention him His name What he looks like How he makes me feel But I find myself uncomfortable When your hugs linger a little longer I drag myself to the edge of the bed So as to not feel your breath on my skin As it reminds me of his scent I…

Letting Go

Perhaps, one day I will not think about you for that brief moment When I take fries from someone’s plate Or not look around for you when I laugh hysterically I will not reach out for my phone as a reflex When it’s your birthday I won’t get haunted in the dead of the night…

An Open Letter: Break Free

To anyone who is in a toxic relationship Relationships are not easy. Neither is ending them. It takes more effort to move out of a relationship than it takes into building one. Ending a relationship is like destroying your fairy-tale land with your own hands. But, here you have to open your eyes and see-…