Category: PoAttic

Shhh!  mute the volume, of stubborn grudge, and, sizzle and rumble,  of wrath and blame.   Shhh! put to sleep,  the urge to curse, and, hush the sound,  of seething rage.   Shhh! lose no time, listen in! can  you hear your muted soul?   Discard, toss out, negativity lean in, embrace your  endless peace.

There’s something surreal about this morning Chirped the sparrow,  The horns are not blaring No fumes, no soot is flaring Pristine, bisque, sunlight is tearing Making way through folioles, the trees are bearing A sight, so recherche, so uncomparing   There’s something surreal about this morning Bellowed the cows The roads seem forsaken The sparse…

I had longed to hear the clomping  of her heavy workboots  as the lazy noon would trot out of the bokeh of the yonder, as the dwindling palm doves’ calls  would join in the late spring chatter and the mango tree would moan with the impregnated boughs. koel would coo hoo and splash the sugar…

Shhh Don’t wait for me to talk, Listen to my silence, A lull before the storm, Or a calm before the end, No, nothing like that!   If my love doesn’t touch your heart, If it doesn’t reach your soul, If you can’t feel the passion I have! My words will be useless, Silence speaks…

Shh.. Never tickle a sleeping dragon That’s what the wise always said. Don’t go waking trouble That’s snoring soundly in bed.    How sweet the angels slumber, Rosy cheeks and all! Peace reigns o’er household Hush! Silence thy call!    For the minute those pretty eyelids Open and take in the light, That devil’s workshop…

Shhh!   Do you not see my baby sleeps? He lies still in a dreamless slumber, Speak in whispers, Oh, bring down the din! For my heart lies cold and encumbered.   My baby sleeps, his visage at rest His pallid body in my lithe arms, But he feels so lifeless, it breaks me! I…

‘Shh! my angel Go to sleep. Rest your eyes before the sun peeps. But say some prayers Especially for those infected With the deadly virus. This world it has afflicted.’   ‘Shh! My mumma I shall indeed sleep. And pray to angels Over the sick, their watch they will keep. But momma, the ones who…

Enemy lurks, outside my door, Tightly locked, inventory stored, I try hard to remain out of sight, In his vision, I own no might.   Indoors, locked with my family all, The outside quiet, now inside bawls, Eerie silence of the stilled roads, Is contrasted by bedlam indoors.   Shhh I raise my eyebrow, command,…

Lone within the four walls, Slumped against the door Heavy breaths and tiredness, No hope for my weak soul   I crawl to caress the hand, That waves me a ‘hello’ Her innocent eyes lit up when, I blow kiss through the window.   She doesn’t know well, What separates me and her, With guards,…

Through the tinted glass, Peeped those lily white eyes What solace, twas,  A mere espy of those lily white eyes Purging my weariness Balmy, palliative, those lily white eyes   As she scuttled out of the school bus With a gaze,lovelorn, hooked, I was, to those lily white eyes I knew, that she knew How…

The sickly light of the sun was a harbinger  Of the night. The rays cast no shadows, no warmth, as if Saddened by the sights of nature’s pulses dying, withering, Crinkling like dry raisins, the sun lost its vigour. If it could see the sick, old lady in the sanitized hospital bed Her face all…

He winked and feebly waved from behind the glass panes the avalanche the soldier had just escaped ‘go home’, mumbled his blue lips.   I didn’t leave him my love was the warmth the frost bitten soldier needed treacherous icy peaks his fogged brain still treaded   I held his hands and back he bounced…

I see you tenderly from the glass Partition in the hospital quarantine,  Keep checking intermittently  For any improved vital sign.   Life in a moment changes At a mere finger click   Days become months, they Change to years so quick.   Tonight is the only one  You have for sure,  The power is in the…

I can’t breathe! The air is so stale!  With some handful of disposable masks And some faded pictures of my beloved…  It’s love in the time of Corona!    No rendezvous over a cup of tea, no chit-chats… Only virtual meetings over Skype…   I have heard distance makes the heart go fonder… I see you…