Journal in Verses

Today’s Illusion

August 23, 2017

Saw you walk by
A little boldly today.

I turned away, but only a little
Worried that my very look at you,
Would afflict both of us.
You with more derision of me,
I with more longing for you.

How I yearn to talk to you,
To see your smile,
And those alarmed, big eyes,
Even if they cut me down,
With their diamond looks.

Broken begins with a B

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April 21, 2018

Here Is How I Feel Inferior

When I pine for you, for just one look and one smile from you, I make a lot of noise by writing pedantic poems, telling you all that goes on in my heart and head, but always afraid that this very telling, this very...

July 18, 2020

Lust Never Sleeps

Lust never sleeps, It dreams of you Your face in my head Questioning me, confronting me With those big conquering eyes Prodding me to be straight And honorable, to you, to you alone Squeezing the last breath out of me...

January 8, 2018

Soaking a Broken Heart in This Rain

This rain, this rain, falls on everything, Like you, a thousand of you, falling on one of me. If you were my imagination, or “muse” as they call it, I would have run you out when I ran out of you. But the...

February 2, 2019

A Better Day

On a bright day like this
With your warm smile like today’s
I saw you walk by my eyes
Stranger in me
Feeling home
Less of me
Feeling more
One of me
Feeling for
One of you

April 23, 2018

Lakshmi Dreams

I just had a dream. I dreamt that you were trapped in your house. Also, maybe you had fever. I was desperate to see how I can reach you. And then the scene changed. I was knocking on your door. Door opened and your...

October 27, 2019