22 December 2020

Topsy Turvy

Suddenly everything turns dark. Sounds fade away. You drift into a tunnel. A dungeon of unending narrow walls. Life seems to have suspended.

Storm of questions. Mismatched answers. For a moment a streak of light appears, then nothingness. A voice shrieks in head and suddenly throat clenching vaccum.

Then the ground from under your foot slips. What was in head gets a shape. The mindful experience turns physical. Tospy turvey, you just cascade down. Then a sudden jerk. A halt. 

A faint sound from somewhere hits your ears. You open your eyes. What a relief. You wish that was just a dream.

But was it? 

11 December 2020

No Nut

November ends 
Tomorrow.
And I haven't
Written a thing.

Such a losing
Streak.

Or is it my
Way of
No nut 
November?

Either way.
Not having an
Orgasm is
Frustrating. 

10 December 2020

Place to Belong

The storm
In me has
Gone athirst.

Battered,
Shattered and
Helplessly lost.
It takes me
Places.

Hills to broken
Hearts,
Oceans to
Empty minds..

Lonely rooms
To nostalgic past.
Rugged roads to
A future
That’s lost.

From pens to
Papers, then
Moon to a
Mistress.

Hasn’t found
A home.

With the thirst
Still intact.
A refuge is
All it wants.
But is there a
Place?

To tame its
Rage,
Brush its hair.
A hot water
Bath and
Stomachfull
Of broth.

A lullaby
At night to
Sleep without
A fight.

An easy dawn.
A lazy day,
And for a
Shady evening,
Full of play.

Is that much
To ask?
A place to
Bask all day
Long..

A place to
Belong.

06 December 2020

Monotony

With the roads 
And rhymes of
April and May..

Summer is
Gone.
...
Rooms and
Nights.
May and
Mights.

Through
June...
Monsoons
Bid goodbye.
...
With reds and 
Yellows gone..
Dust like
Thoughts brood..
On December now.

And I'm sure..
January will 
Stink the same.
..

20 November 2020

The Late Night Rush Hour

It was past midnight and like any other night; I sat reading in my house. Facing the wall, sitting on my sanduk with a clipboard on my lap, I sat there trying to ingest whatever it was written in the book I was holding. All around me there were my classmate and juniors in their deep sleep. The winter that was set in was demanding some warmth from within me and it was almost time by then- I was seventeen- to give away myself to the hormones that were agitating inside me.

It surely wasn’t the first time I was sensing the poke of my beak. I knew its sensitivity but I had never really paid it any attention. I knew this word hasta maithuna from the adult books I had read. Which is a Kannada word for masturbation. I knew what it meant and what will be the resultant. But I hadn’t really had given it any thought until now.

The clipboard that was on my thigh had acted on the sensitivity of my thing. When I became conscious about it I deliberately started pressing it against my beak. It felt good. I could feel it stiffen against the fiber of my underwear; sending slight tremors around my body. I did it often while I turned the pages of my book. It was a novel relieving feel.

Then I turned around my head to check if someone was awake. Everyone was fast asleep. Then I wanted to explore this fantastic pleasure. Surreptitiously I pulled it out from the side of the shorts I was wearing. For my surprise, it wasn’t dark as it usually did. It had a light complexion, the color of my palms to be precise. I could see faint bluish-green veins through the foreskin. Which suddenly reminded me of what biology teacher had said, “Erection is due to rush of blood to the spongy tissue penis contains”. Then, I held it in my hand, pressed it gently. Good heavens! It felt awesome.

Now things were in a flow. Just like that, I was sliding it back and forth which enlarged it further. The tiny little dark thumb-like projection had stood up in an obtuse angle. All fluffy, tight and handful. My whole body had its center of gravity shifted at my shank. Now and then watching around for random eyesights that might put me in an embarrassment, I played with my shaft; as it was assuring a kind of salvation at that moment.

After a while of playing with it, I felt it might throw up. It felt like a strong urge to urinate like urine is pushing from inside. Not that I was that naive. I had heard and studied about the semen that comes out. But had never seen it. For that time I suppose I had only urine in my mind.

Before I spilled it all around my place. I covered it partially by the seam of my short and walked to the toilet. I stood there shaking it in its full glory, occasionally watching how it behaved. Each stroke added some extra pleasure which pushed me to shake it more rigorously. The moment was intense, heated. I was going into a kind of trance. While there was a strong push from within and my eyes were squinting, I was like ahhhh! The ooze came out. It was whitish sputum like. After the throw-up, I was out of the trance that had engulfed me for a very brief time. I was back to the drab reality of standing in the toilet. Then it started to shrink in a relaxed manner.

When I was back, I was exhausted a little and sleepy. The thing that started that day remains an addiction till date on daily basis. Sometimes acts as a sleeping pill.

14 October 2020

War for Sleep

The loneliness
Has conspired,
With the dark 
Tonight.

Aloof,
My fluttering eyes
See myself reflected
In the ceiling.

Melancholia rhymes,
To the tones,
Of a long lost,
Past.

Questions,
Unrelated answers.
Made up scenarios.
Top class illusions.

Insecurity plays
Video games.
Anxiety,
A street dancer.

Nights like these,
Are tough. 
Rough.
Total fuck-ups.

I wage a 
Full fledged war
On myself to
Slip into sleep.

01 October 2020

Imagery

Beyond the
Boundaries
Of flesh and 
Bones. 
Of your walk
And talk.
The radiant
Smile and
The playful
Taunts.

I've a imagery 
Of you.
..
Carved out of
Metaphors.
Cryptic
Paragraphs.
With carefully,
Chosen words;

There's a 
Dreamy 
Painting of you. 
..
A rhyming nose.
Rhythmic eyes.
Superlative
Cheeks and
A chin that 
Just fits fine.

A face full of
Melodies.
..
Van Gogh's
Starry night.
Rahman's 
'Tum Ho' laden,
A blend of 
Bukowski's
Wine.

Northern lights
To swirling
Westerlies;
An eternity 
Dances down
Your curves.
..
And
Through the
Lanes of 
My mind.
When you
Transcend
Down to
Thoughts.
You grow wings
To take form
Of an angel.

What's left
There after;
Is just your
Radiance and
My insignificance.
..

A Warm Goodbye

We're not on 
Good terms.
I know.
The longing
Is gone.
Glittery fantasies
Are worn off.

There's just
Indifference.
Haughty sarcastic
Taunts and
Lot of blame.

The castle
We had built,
Is grounded.
And
Brick by brick.
We have 
Managed to
Find a place
In its ruins. 

But can I ask
You something?
Beg for a 
Favour?

Can we love
Properly for
Another week?
Can we relive
Some moments,
Again?...
Just for the 
Sake of it.

Let's giggle
And cry.
Take the 
Mountains to
Breath and sigh. 

Allow me to
Smell you.
Play with your
Hair and
Just for a night,
Let's become
Vulnerable and
Drown in each 
Other. 

Take me to
Your favourite
Temple.
I'll believe in
God for a day
And pray.

Let the fresh
Smell of coffee
Pass past our
Senses.
And an elated 
State make us
Compulsive.

Darling...

Let's not fade
Away like
Strangers.
Let the parting
Not stink with
Apathy.

Let's undo
This properly.

On a weekend,
Let's sit around.
Layer by layer.
Let's wear this off.
When we've
Enough memories
To fuel 
A campfire.

Rather than
Letting our
Bare souls,
Forget each other
Out of cold
Indifference.

My love..
Let's hate.
Let's fight.
Let's get dirty..
And kiss a
Good bye..
On a
Warm note.

13 September 2020

A wait. A hope.

Waiting for you.
It's been so long.
That,
All the perception
Is gone and
Torn bits of what
You felt like 
Remains.

I try to recall
Your name but
I can't. And
Each time I fail,
I come up with
New ones. 

Sometimes,
Starts with D
And ends with I.
Or it lingers 
Between S and A.
I don't know. 
Doesn't matter
Matter I guess.

Like,
A lazy evening.
A mellow sunrise.
A fading melody,
A fleeting cloud.
I remember you,
Like I've forgotten
You forever.

I feel you like,
A steady peck
On my neck. 
Slow brush on
My hair.
A comforting
Caress and
Maybe lots of
Hugs.

And sometimes,
It feels like
You aren't really 
Gone.
Lurking secretly,
You're there always.
But I pass that
Thought.

There's a pleasure
In giving you 
Names.
Wrapping you in
Metaphors.
Slice you, bite you,
And totally savour
Every side of you.

It's like the 
Transience has
Faded and you've
Become an 
Immortal idea.
A fantasy.
A memory.
A worthy wait.

11 September 2020

Reflective Guilt

Stood in front
Of a mirror.
Didn't like 
What I saw.

Put on a smile.
Screamed, 
And cried.

Wore colours,
And a new hat.

Blood throbbed
The same.
Moments passed
In vain.

Mundane is
My thing.
Pretnse stuck
Like side wings.

To start over.
I used an eraser
To rub off my 
Story written in pen.

Mistakes undone.
Mirrors stare,
For the story
That's gone.

For the papers
I have torn.

10 September 2020

Still Moments

The day has faded into the dusk. Bit of drizzle has absolved the sweaty-sticky disgust of the summer. 

The rubble in the backyard is moist and half burnt. The vent off smoke has scented the freshness around. Smells like childhood.

The crickets chirp. Through the haze, birds flutter. A half-read story from the past crosses my mind. I just smile and let it go.

Life's still. Nothing to look out for or to be bothered about. I just sit. Observe. Smell and feel the evening. Life in slow motion.

Something strikes me. An overrated couplet of Rumi. I can't help but relate to it. Maybe this is what he meant when he said about that place beyond right and wrong.

Then I hold on. Pass that thought and come back to blankness. To feel. To smell and to just breath away the moments. 

09 September 2020

RomCom

Good looking girl,
With a sad face.
Can hook you
To a song.

Her dirty mind,
And sharp eyes.
Can butcher 
Your heart.

Sleep free,
Euphoric nights.
Long lost
Obvious days.

You'll be infected
With that smile.
Life'll seem to be
Defined in her arms.

Muse with 
Dim-lights.
Rom-coms and
Movie nights.

Cuddles, 
Hangovers,
Long drives and
Lazy walks.

Oops. Reality 
Off the track,
Again.
Lemme end this.

Story. Too ideal 
For life.

08 September 2020

Emptiness

A word sown 
Has failed to
Grow into a 
Sentence.

A poem,
Full of bloom,
Been grounded
By despair.

Clear skies are
Pain.
Nimbus laden,
A bland hope.

For a craving 
To go athirst-

The water
You served,
Has re-enforced
This emptiness.

06 September 2020

Hurt

Poems written
In the night.
Are dead by dawn.

And the ride on
Unicorn is a
Myth again.

For a moment
She was there..
Then gone.

Itching flashbacks.
Her traces 
Everywhere.

Reality and utopia
Intertwined.
Hope and despair-

All hurt the same.

 

22 August 2020

I'm the Bitch

One day..
I'll be lonely enough.
All my insecurities
Will rush.
The summer heat
Will eat my sleep.
And my thoughts
Will screech helplessly.

Maybe then 
I'll remember you.
To be saved,
Probably, I'll call you.

But then, I realize
You'd be far away.
The way I'd pushed,
You're long gone. 

I'll try to swallow,
Everything again.
Karma isn't a bitch,
But you know who is.

I know who is.

21 August 2020

Killed Poetry. Poet died.

Last night. 
Maybe be before that. 
My poetry died. 
Or did I kill her? 
I don't know. 
I don't care much now.

She choked on me 
Or I gagged her. 
What can I say?
I couldn't stand her. 
She couldn't stand me. 

Asphyxiation I guess.

Thoughts in head 
Found no words. 
Emotions didn't flow 
Blood turned thick. 
Skin, too smothering
And lapse of purpose.

A good kind of 
Claustrophobia? 
Possible. Yeah.

Died or killed? 
Doesn't matter. 
She's just not there.
Turned to dust,
Ashes or memories?
Who knows.

Then the poet?
You may ask.

I guess..just.. 
Flesh and bones.
He shouldn't matter. 

09 July 2020

Romance

As the wintry night 
Sets in and the 
Cold seeps in,
To Invade our warmth.

We'll get naked and 
Wear each other,
My love.

Under the refuge
Of love and
Longing of lust.

Let's explore
The universe that
Glows between the
Friction of our skin.

Moving on

The song on loop
Can't hurt me.
A stale thought,
Doesn't dare to
Become a poem.

Evenings affect
Me no more, nor
The long nights
That brooded
Over my sleep.

Ain't no taker of
Melancholia.
Pain is just a 
Perception.
Feelings, a pinch
Of euphoria.

Stark reality has
Take over me.
Looks like, 
Everything fits in 
A bracket now.
Black and white.
Right and wrong. 

And to hell with
What's in-between. 

The Forgotten

On a lonely road
Of bland hopes.
I have taken a job
Of painting the
Forgotten memories.

Well, what can I say.
Hardly, there are
Bright colours.
No dark strokes or
Embellished illustrations.

Shades, Shadows.
Pale colors.
Broken moons.
Fading shines.
And some
Dying stars and
Helpless storms.

Some appreciate
The painting.
Some just make
A smirky face.
Some look for
My comments,

And all I can say is-
I’m a forgotten too.
Remember me.

21 June 2020

Purposeless

Scars don't itch.
No fresh wounds 
To lookout for.

Looks like I've 
Forgotten it all.

I'm all healed and
Life's never been
This purposeless. 

16 May 2020

I would rather be a Sad Song

When you left me. After that evening. I've wasted myself on god knows how many sad songs. And the unceremonious goodbye butchered days that came after.

It's funny how the dusk I loved was eaten away by the dark. And there wasn't a single reason left to conjure some light. Cool breeze doesn't matter. Rain is a stab wound now.

I deleted the old playlist you know. The Linkin Park, Breaking Benjamin, and Radiohead are all gone. Even I've started writing inspirations poems. No fun there though.  

But yeah, this war I've waged on myself is gonna end soon. All these wounds will heal and I'll endure all this pain to rejuvenate my rage.

A new Radiohead album is around the corner soon and will pen down a poem that flies off my mind. 

Till then, this is me. With a mask and a pretentious playlist.

Thank you tea

It's lockdown and you're home. No worries. No hurry. Everything is just slow and lazy. Life's so cozy that the worst thing that can happen to you is a bad cup of tea.

You just have a tight lunch. You give your life to the couch. There's sweat and heat, just like the shade of sadness in your life. Yet a happy nap conquers the world for you.

Then it rains in the evening. Your drowsy senses are elated and looks like there's nothing more to ask from life. And then your mom brings you a cup of tea.

You take a sip and it's just perfect. You breath out few moments like time's your slave. Then you silently thank Chinese for finding tea. Maybe for Corona too. 

11 May 2020

Claustrophobia

An year has passed
Without the rains.
And to these stray
Thoughts of mine-

I Haven't been able to 
Find any words.

Voicelessly smothered,
I feel entrapped.
Dr. Freud, is this 
Claustrophobia? 

10 May 2020

Pain

Sometimes,
Wanna hurt myself.

Feel the pain,
For the sake of it.

It's like,
Too much of light.

And all you want is
Some gloom 
For a hide out. 

09 May 2020

Ignoring

The text I've sent her
Has been marked blue.
It's been quite a while,
I don't think she has 
Gone to the loo...

The Emojis in the chats
Have been fading too.
Clearly she's ignoring.
I don't know what to do. 

You must be a fool to think
She's busy these days.
Bro! It's all about priorities.
Says my friend Poo.

I keep wondering,
About the shit like
To be or not be. And if
Thats how fate wants to woe,
I'll accept that too.

Again!

A mundane thought
Has stretched itself
Into a poem.

A part of me has
Grown wings and
Has set itself aflight.

To settle myself
With a sad song.
The clock has reset.

And 
She's all over.
Again! 

05 April 2020

Shadows

I feel exposed
In the light.
Threatened by
The dark.

So I lurk in
The shade,
Cast by the
Moonlight. 

Rhythmic Lust

Wrap me in 
Your legs,
Clasp me in 
Your thighs.

Layer by layer 
Conquer me and
Cut me loose 
In your wildness.

Overpower me
With your
Rhythmic lust.
And make me feel-

Insignificant. 

04 April 2020

Hopelessness

I'm blinded
By the light,
That's no boon. 

And 
The darkness
I was seeking,

Has been 
Plundered
By the moon.

Our Insignificance

The stars burst.
Oceans dry.

Mighty demons
Can die and 
Even the gods are
Forgotten.

Oblivious is time.

And here we're
With the pomp
Of our significance. 

Lonely Together

What will 
We do?

When,
Out of words,
Out of signs.

When,
Silence pokes
Around and
Awkwardness
Hang upon?

What will we do,
When,
Lonely together.
Bored and bald. 

Transient Love

Her face,
Melts away,
Like she was
A dream from
Last night.

Can love only
Be something
That's permanent
And long?

The transience
Isn't supposed
To hold enough 
Of heart?

Fighting Oneself

I've stopped
Fighting others.

It's fun to 
Crawl down
My throat and
Poke the intestine.

Just last night,
I had a fight
With my shadow. 

How does it matter
If the other won?

I didn't lose,
And I feel better
Even more.

Tell Me

Tell me,

Do you still
Feed on-

Slashed hearts,
Chopped smiles
And worn out
Lives?

Tell me,

I've all those.
My love,
I am all those. 

Horizon

Waiting,
I've smoked time,
Like, it's a 
Petty cigarette. 

As all I
Wanted was 
A ride back
Home with you.

But now,
It looks like,
The home is
Overrated.

I'm addicted
To the idea that
You're that 
Boundless horizon
In the west.

Lonely Moon

The Moon is 
Lonely too.
He confessed,
The other night.

Earth has 
Engaged the sun.
The stars are 
Far away and-

The girls who
Fantasized him 
Are taken away
By the boys. 

Rage of Your Eyes

In the clasp of
Your hands,
I've seen your
Dripping love,
That goes down
Like freshly
Scored weed.

The enigmatic
Smile, your
Passionate blush.
Man! you're,
Such a rush.

But, God!
That rage!
That rage locked
In your eyes-

My ground
Breaks,
Veins bulge.
The dread
It spreads,
Cries havoc.

I'm sure,
One day, it can-

Obliterate moons.
Subsume stars,
Eat away light
And feed
This universe,
A bondage of
Dark.

31 March 2020

Burn

Let's burn the
Music.
Let's burn the
Songs.

If that's what
It takes to love.

Let's burn 
Each other and
Set the world
On fire. 

Sarcastic World

They said,
The world is beautiful.

So I removed 
My goggles.

The roses were
Red.
The violets were
Blue.

And the rest was
Sarcastic too.


27 March 2020

Stranger

When the night
Was set and 
The cold seeped in.

The lonely me
Fluttered eyes and 
The ceiling held me.

A stranger 
Talked to me.
He was like me.

He was me. 

Dream

Everyday,
I Dream about you.
And after
Every dream,
I feel closer to you.

And how I wish,
How I wish...

The day 
I feel closest,
Be a wide awake
Reality. 

26 March 2020

Awe

I was so hooked to
The mundane,
The mediocre and
The obvious. That..

Anything just above 
Ordinary would have
Held me in surprise.

And you were a 
Rain laden cloud
Around my dry land.

An yearning had to 
Come up. Poetry
Had to take birth.

And it did. 

It Shouldn't

Today the sun has
Come up in the west.
Someone has 
Intoxicated the air 
And the peeps are
High on weed and
On top of the world.

Here, 
I roll on my couch,
Complaining about
The heat, choking
On mediocre poetry and 
Hating myself more.

Tomorrow all the same,
He'll set in the west.
Peeps dry and dumb
And world yellow again.

Same couch,
Same poems and with 
Same kind of hate,
I conduct myself here.

The peeps, the world 
Mean nothing to me.

In fact. It shouldn't.

25 March 2020

Tonight

Turn off the lights.
Let's duel with 
Our breaths tonight.
I wanna break all
Boundaries and
Let my vulnerability,
Choke between your
Thighs tonight.

My tongue has 
Spoken enough and 
My fingers have 
Written enough.
Let me taste you.
The touch of your skin,
Let it cleanse my 
Soul tonight.

I want our lips to
Vent fire and
Incinerate all my
Insecurities.
In your curves and 
Crevices I want 
To be consumed
And be broke tonight.

Tonight my love,
I'm not afraid of
These wounds or
The glow of my scars.
However teary,
However bloody,
I'll just surrender.
I wanna be lost in,
Your bosom tonight.

Elections

Lefts blamed the right,
Rights blamed the rest.
Those in the middle
Were no different.

Fake promises were 
Made.
Rich dreams were 
Shown.

The hungry toiled
In the fields and
Women waited for
Permission to breath.

The Bigots' 
Spread hate and 
The woke remained
Indifferent.

Some demanded 
Crores, but
Most were bought
With hundreds.

While centuries long
Movement of suffrage,
Died like it was
Really a bad joke.

Between the votes
Those were cast and
Castes that were voted.
The Game of Democracy 
Was successfully lost.

24 March 2020

Childhood

When laughing was 
Actually laughing
And weeping was
Really weeping. 

Remember the days when
Everything was simple?

Hate was just a day 
Of not talking and 
Friendship,
A toffee away.

Unmasked smiles,
Un-adulterated tears.

The moon wasn't just
A celestial rock and
Granny had taken refuge 
In the brightest star.

Will Remember You

On a summer night,
When my lonesome heart
Will be filled and heavy.

And when there will be 
Too many stray thoughts 
To just ignore and bury.

I'll remember you...
I will remember you..
Like the early monsoon rain.

Departure

We shouldn't have 
Left each olike this.

Your bare smile
Could have been
Bit more wild and 
Our parting eyes
Bit more lit.

I wish the journey
Was not this short.
And the story that 
Was brewing, 
A bit more long.

There were things
Yet to be found.
Roads to be taken,
And few verses 
Penned down together.

But departures are 
Supposed to be 
Like this I guess.

A poker face,
Smirk in the eyes,
An adrift yearning,
And a disguised
Indifference.

Despair

For about a moment,
It felt like someone
Gave us those
Two little feathery things.
One to the left and 
One, to the right.

I was happy and 
You were too, I guess.

Then we dreamt of
Nothing less than the skies.
The long nights,
Stars in the day and
Moony conversations.

It was like we travelled 
Beyond fate and 
Challenged the obvious.

And all of a sudden,
Looked like, it was over.
A subtle force made us
Forget how to flap.

First the hope and
Then a disability.
What a despair.

08 March 2020

She, Me and My Will

Sometimes, I'm 
As light as a feather 
And all I wish is, 
The wind from east 
To just blow me away.

Also, there are 
Other times-
Days too long
To pass by.
The moon too lazy 
To come up. 

And I'm all assed up
Like a big rock.
Just to put myself
To test, against-
The mighty forces. 

Then there's she,
To keep my feathery
Heart grounded.
And the resolute 
Mind afloat.

29 February 2020

Dreaming

Till,

A poem from 
Distant lands,
A story from
Inner depths and 
A melody from 
I don't know where-

Finds me..

I've to 
Keep breathing. 
Keep living. 

06 January 2020

Disguise

She thinks I'm a 
Thick skinned perv.
Two inch thick fat 
Under my dermis with 
An inch of apathy.

But I'm sensitive,
You know.

A tiny needle can 
Easily puncture me.
Few sharp words 
Can tear apart.

And all the same,
A sign from her
Can melt me down.

But you see,
A warm disguise 
Is good sometimes.

Needles, words 
And smiles
Can be really cold.

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