With her crumpled dress and bruised body,
She wondered aloud,
If dad had waited till the bus came,
I could have been saved.
If mom had allowed me to learn karate,
I would have defended myself.
If the boys were...
Oft I wonder,
How do children manage to be happy?
They cry and weep,
But that's short lived.
They smile and laugh their hearts out,
Oblivious of their surroundings.
What's the secret mantra I thought,
And slowly drifted to sleep.
Heard a...
In this bustling life,
Where we join the rat race,
And run like a deer
There are days,
When I just feel,
To be dolce far niente,
Like the hare during the race.
The joy of being idle,
Is equal to bliss.
Oh!...
In the sleepy winter morn,
Like a glisk of warmth,
Creeped in the dawn.
The song of the cuckoo,
Chimed in tandem,
As the sun played peek a boo.
The sprouting greens,
On the snow clad branches,
Looked so calm and serene.
The...
Just as I thought I was done for the day,
My phone rang, scaring me away.
Guests were on their way,
Unannounced, but in gay.
All I had were some chapatis and onions,
And I got my companion.
Sliced them...
I was called a pusthakapuzhu,
As I slept and woke up with books.
Books were my lifelines
And my best friends too.
As days passed, I joined the rat race
And the pusthakapuzhu in me went into hibernation.
The lockdown...
She was thirsty and parched,
The heat cracked her skin open.
All she yearned for,
Was a drop of water to soothe herself.
Her weary eyes, were in search,
Of that one speck of dark cloud,
Through which a drop...