A poem that tries to articulate the bittersweet experience of meeting someone you love for the last time and the emotions that follow.
Tag: love
20 Minutes for Heartbreak
An account of suffering heartbreak and scheduling it during a break from a major assignment.
The Death of a Rose
'The rose withered / Petals flew away / Death came / Being was struck / Chop.'
Fireflies
A poem written on the occasion of Diwali on light and enlightenment.
You’ll Do It for Me
'You’ll turn my heap of jaggery heart / Into brittle caramel.'
Touch
'I want to write the truest sentence I’ll ever know, to tell you we all have the same sob story...'
Eclipsed
'All my life I thought... a woman cannot love another woman.'
Where Did You Leave Your Love?
A poem on being overwhelmed by the thought of starting over in a new place with new people while leaving family and home behind.
Farewell
The poet writes about a break-up, reminiscing the memories.
Summer Butterflies
The poet writes about how humanity has lost sight of the only thing that matters in the world – love.