Sreesha Divakaran's Blog, page 11
March 22, 2016
Glowing, As We Fade
You and I are cubes of ice In a glass of scotch Skin to skin, we make music Even as we fall And then, in this fire golden We melt, drop by drop We join even as we diffuse, Swirl and swirl, become one. ———————– Linking to dVerse Poets Pub, Quadrille – 5
March 21, 2016
Your Namesake
There isn’t a lot left from what we were Save for your name that still hangs On my tongue like the taste of sugar. It rests between my lips, as they meet It lies in the pain, as my lower lip is bit And it ends on the roof as the tip it greets. Along […]
March 18, 2016
The Town That Everyone Left
Slipping in and out of consciousness, my mind did not register that someone was offering me water. I drank in large gulps, but my mind held a brown noise. Somewhat satiated, my eyes opened, though not fully. Through the slits, I noticed an old acquaintance. He was wearing the stripes of Town Commander. Revived by […]
March 14, 2016
Artists on the Boulevard
Reclusive I had been so long Forgotten the ways of the world Forgotten the art of speech known The misty window said outside was cold. My old, worn, brown jacket That had seen better days Now with ink splotches it’s dotted Signs of my moods and rage. I took a stroll on the boulevard […]
March 7, 2016
Circled In My Mind
Today. It’s a date that’s circled on the calendar in my mind. One that I keep circled only because I forget to erase it. Now I begin to think I remember when I first asked you. The first time I circled it. The marker seemed eager, but my hands shook, with the weight […]
March 2, 2016
The Valley Of Cloves
The tapping of the soles of my brown shoes Dies a dull death as the ground meets them Charred, charred the ground beneath moves Pushing me ahead, promising me salvation ahead. All through the valley, scattered wide The stench assaults my nostrils, of burning flesh From the bodies of a once-haughty tribe, They were […]
February 28, 2016
YOLOs, FOMOs, and MOMOs
“Has it ever occurred to you that life is an excruciatingly long wait for death.” -Not A Famous Person ‘Twas I who said those words. Ok, tweeted. It is a universally acknowledged fact that we hate to wait. Combine that fact with what I have written above and what you have is a sinister idea […]
February 18, 2016
What Went Wrong…
Oh, hello! Don’t mind me, I am just sitting here with my hypothetical pipe in my mouth, musing about things. Again. Trying to make sense of a few things. Again. You know, I wrote a short story when I was 12 – it was a murder mystery, and the main theme was jealousy. About two years […]
February 15, 2016
The New Friend
The five year old was shouting to be heard over the noisy whir of the blender. One hand held the lid of the jar in place, and with the back of the other, I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and turned to the shouting, tiny human, tugging at the waistband of my jeans […]
February 8, 2016
Would You?
If you repeated, that heaven you despise If I pretended, that the sun of happiness will rise, Maybe I am a liar hardened, but would you believe me anyway? You say the path you tread, meanders around treacherous chasms, I am afraid, the sense of danger is deep red, My heart beats with brave spasms, […]
