The hottest love is soonest cold The higher stakes, the faster fold Love is bodies, bought and sold A bastard trade o’erlain with gold
No sorrow, no joy. Fair Trade?
She says my feet are clay..
I’m always outside, not looking in
Inspired by Elusive Trope’s magnetic poetry challenge…..It’s been a long time since I last tried this and it is still a good mental exercise. I was forced to change the rhyme, the pattern, even the tone of poem so many times but I think I ended up with a decent poem. And yes, it kinda … Continue reading
I was but a faded verse Annotated on a page Not one stroke could I reverse Though I struggled for an age The dog-eared corner of the book Half-hidden like a venal sin Turned down, so you’d overlook The dark inked stain that lay within And time helped further to erase And no … Continue reading
Love is a naked, bloody mess.
I’m the gun pointed at me
The subtext darling, not the context!
दुनिया का तमाशा देख लिया, ग़मगीन सी है, बेताब सी है उम्मीद यहां इक वहम सी है, तसक़ीन यहां इक ख़्वाब सी है दुनिया में ख़ुशी का नाम नहीं, दुनिया में ख़ुशी नायाब सी है दुनिया में ख़ुशी को याद न कर. ऐ इश्क़ हमें बर्बाद न कर…… I know the vanity of this world, … Continue reading