Checkmate

Last Night upon the stair,
I saw a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today,
Oh! I wish to God he’d go away!

As a kid, there was plenty of innocence left for me to nurture. The big outside world with its people fighting to get a life was strangely fascinating. But little did I know, that more they grab of life, more are the pieces they lose of themselves. And with time I began to look at life a lot differently. My impressions were constantly molded by what I saw happen around me and in a way I grew from outside of it. Emotions made decisions, wants lost to practicality, and power redefined integrity.

My learning from all of this was a simple truth.

After a game, the king and the pawn are back inside the same box

Tranquil Sedation

What did you think when you told me, this was over?
Incessant quarrels to give us reasons forever…
Seasons of change seem to fool me! Hopeless desires.
Locked inside tranquil sedation. Gray and somber.


Give me, space to breathe.
Inside of me, make me free.
Love me, talk to me.
Make up some reasons, to be with me.


How many times have people said this to themselves?
Be beaten and also abandoned! Lonesome survivors.
Seeking the seamless treasons, that life leaves us.
Or blaming the loss and losers, for all their wises.


I will break free
Right now and be, the change to see.
Hear me, Fear me
Make up your mind n see through me.


Disclaimer: for those of you who wanna conclude that this post is about a 'guy-girl' relationship. It isn't! Think outside the box! :)

Agadhikkaatru

thanimai enbadharku pagal enna? iravenna?
thaaniyangi thalai thaangum
thanmaanam thunai enna?

thaLLaadi thadumaari
thulaindhum povadhenna?
thondi paarumadi !
thaan ennum thee enna?

Take Away My Pain

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Tell me my mother
Why couldn’t you see?
For night after night,
I cried my plea.


He walked into my room,
Uninvited. Unseen.
Like shadows of yore,
And acted so mean.


I didn’t like it, dear mother,
I never liked playing that game.
That trouble, the trauma
God! What was its name?


I died every night,
And was born the next day.
A phoenix of sorts,
With scars that stay.


Tell me my mother
Why couldn’t you see?
For night after night,
I cried my plea.


Take me with you
Take away my pain
I’d rather be alone,
And watch memories remain.

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Subtle Reminders

He had the habit of leaving me small notes and I used to love them. A familiar handwriting, the smell of scented paper, words of warmth and his voice through that.

The comfort that the heart yearned for, while my fingers ran through the half empty bed and beneath the pillow covers to reach the note.

Only this time, it was different.

The words conveyed what my ears refused to hear. The paper smelt like another woman and shimmered with shades of her mascara.

“Will be late”, it read.

I heard his voice and her smile.

I wished that the habit had left with him.

sandhega saatchigaL

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idhai vida saatchigaL veru venumO?
Ondrum illai illai endru
eduthuraitheerE, adukumO?
ithanai sandhegangaL thandhadhEnO?

manam kondEn, thirumanam seidhEn
endru mundhaanai madi mEl
eduthuraitheerE, adukkumO?
iththanai poigaL sonnadhEnO?

avaL,
maiyin kuriyum kadhaigaL sollum
manjaL vaasam pazhiyum sollum
idharkumEl naan yEnO? Paavam
madhikettEn. Ennai marandhidu podhum.

idhai vida saatchigaL veru venumO?
Ondrum illai illai endru
eduthuraitheerE, adukumO?
ithanai sandhegangaL thandhadhEnO?

aathiram pongudhadi thozhi
ennuL aathiram pongudhadi

saasthiram pesugira moodargaL madhdhiyil
en aanavam paayudhadi

aathiram sirikudhadi
veriyudan aathiram sirikudhadi
kaalangaL kadakindra en kaayangaL
kaal adiye kathi kadharudadi.. thozhi..

aathiram thoongudhadi
ennodu, adhuvum imai moodudhadi!