Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Imagine an arrogant cosmic salesman offering you this life again-
a full do-over, new skin, clean slate.
What would you do?
Me?
I’d let him live his current life
for a single moment- Read more from here...
Too Good for the Good Girls

I used to bolt from girls.
Maybe shy.
Maybe I worshipped my over-affectionate friends
too hard to ever touch them-
Madonnas I myself enthroned.
Now their curse has fangs: Read more from here...
Buffalo and the Beast

He pipes his flute-or been-before the buffalo,
then dares blame her for “not understanding.”
Her mouth, her mood, her flesh-
all chained to the owner’s wrist.
All theatre. All script.
But the snakes are the real directors: Read more from here...
Like a Man

To whom have I spoken?
What did I say this time?
Have I cursed you too,
you fucking universe-
the only reason I’m like this?
You fucking coward, Read more from here...
The Absence of Shiva

The absence of Shiva-
the ghost of him-
weighs heavier
than Shiva ever did in his own body.
He kept watching,
acting dead, Read more from here...
I Came, I Saw, I Left

I saw this girl.
I asked that girl.
I’ve met cute.
I’ve met rude.
They all read me wrong-
saw everything Read more from here...
The Ghost Heavier Than the Body

I came into this world
and fell in love.
Who do I sing this to
if you refuse to lend me your ears?
The love you woke inside me
but never let travel the full distance Read more from here...
Juice

Fake love is better than real.
At least you can receive it
in any amount you want.
It can’t deceive you-just believe it.
It won’t manipulate you, though you can.
It won’t blackmail you or break your heart; Read more from here...
I am Ronie Dinosaur

From a ferocious kite flyer,
to a school topper,
to a colony ruffian,
from Ronie the engineering prodigy
to self-made businessman,
from philosopher Read more from here...
Glimpse

Some found God.
Some found the one God carved out just for them.
I found neither God
nor even a fleeting glimpse of my beloved.
The universe flared into being and winked out again-
my suffering had no witness but me. Read more from here...
