Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Brilliant

I should be complaining
That you smile so little

Instead
I am surprised to note
That
Because it so rare
Your smile
Lights up the entire day

The day you smile at me
I go to sleep with a smile :)

Saturday, February 16, 2013

The only high worth having

Being so attracted to someone
That it makes you dizzy

1. an is m(e)

The dizzy haze with stars exploding
In front of eyes,

When every song sends you back into
Paroxyms
Colors twinkle and shine
Migraines take a long holiday
And smiles
Threaten to settle permanently
on the face

The warm post coital glow
(without the coitus)
Of discovery
Of euphoria
That you are, after all, a woman
And not a frozen log

(why should it take so long?)

Am i more needy today?


The dogs!!!

(They knew what they were doing
When they confined women to seperation
Just when they needed the touch
The most)

Friday, February 15, 2013

No mood to dress

In the summer,
Even if i m depressed
And in no mood to dress up,
Any shapeless thing i wear
Is going to approximate
Rough-tough chic

But now, in the moodless gloomy winter
My shapeless jacket
Just makes me feel like
An oversize amoeba

Friday, February 8, 2013

Date a girl who dreams


Date a girl who dreams.

You will recognize her by the faraway look in her eyes, even when she is doing the most mundane things. 
She is the one whose answers may not really match your questions. 
She is the one who ends up somewhere she never meant to go, because she followed a song there. Or a brightly colored bird. Or a book in a stranger's hands. 
She is the one who comes home with an assortment of weird objects, because she thinks they are cute. or interesting  or wants to do DIY projects with them. 
She is the one who plays with a stray kitten for hours, and sometimes stray iguanas and porcupines, or whatever she finds. She is the ones that kittens follow home.
Rabin Sayami

Date a girl who dreams, because she is the one who can create your dreamland for you, right here, on earth. She is the one who can blow your worries away, like she blows the bubbles from a cheap soap water solution in plastic rings. She is the one who can make an ordinary day special. She is the one whose coffee warms up not just your hands, but your heart and soul. A day with her, lasts in your memory for a lifetime. And a lifetime with her, will pass by like a moment.

If you are attracted by her ethereal presence, smile at her. Let her know, that you know dreams matter, whether or not they come true. Hold her hand, and let her take you wherever her imagination flies. Hold her hand, and let her know that she can fly as high as she wants, because you will not let her get lost. Hold her hand, and hold her close. Close enough for her to see that your eyes hold dreams, dreams of her. Hold her close, and let her know that's where you will be, when she wakes up.

Because if you date a girl who dreams, you date a girl who loves life.
Because her stories create magic. 
Because her presence reminds you of everything you ever wanted.
Because, though she has a faraway look on her face, she will always be close to you.

Because, for you, she will always snap out at a moment's notice, from wherever she is.
Date a girl who dreams, and you will be dating a girl who cares.

Date a girl who dreams, and be prepared to let go of your hold on reality.
Date a girl who dreams, and be ready for the ride of your lifetime!

Maybe she carries her heart on her sleeve. Maybe she hides it behind he big glasses. big clothes. extra big bag. And if she does, you will just have to look. Because she is there, right there, behind the owl glasses. 

You might recognize this girl by the flowers she grows. Or by the poetry she spouts at short notice, because she knows it by heart. You may never have heard of it, but she doesn't exactly care for labels or climb the bandwagon. Or you may know her by the mud color she insists on putting on her walls, though she calls it chocolate, and maybe by the shiny stars she has stuck there.  You might recognize her by the silliest limericks she sends you at midnight. 

But the surest sign of a girl who dreams, is that she is a girl. Look closely, and you will find, whether or not she fits the list, that every girl is a dreamer. 

Date a girl who dreams, and you will be dating a girl who loves.

(Inspired by “Date a girl who reads” floating around online)

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

why i love you

i once tried to ask myself
why i love you
you are not
especially
i don't love you because you are
nice
kind
loving
caring
supportive
and always there for me
(though you are all of them)

i love you because
like my
father
mother
sister
my old house
the kitchen with the leaking tap
the oft thumbed book enjoyed in childhood
that i loved even after
knowing to be decidedly sexist

you are a part of my life

I luv drowning

In your scent

i hate people

who want to know everything
(about me)

What i fear about marriage

Wat will happen to
my collection of beloved books
when i get married?
Will i cart my heavy mahogany bookcase all the way?
Will my new rom have room for it?

If not,
WIll my husband consent to make room
among his oviously numerous books,
for my favorite book, at least
(he might, until  he hears that its a seven-book series)

Lucky boys who get to keep all their stuff

The place of escape

Whatever house I may live in
- full of whichever kind of
  smells, tangles, persons

Whatever city I may travel in
and embrace its dust and grime

The temple that I worship at
- the place of mystery, awe, wonder, transcendance
will always be your heart

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

i will

be the embrace that keeps you warm
be the kiss that wakes you up
watch your face as you smile

i will have you know


that you  do not bring me pain
but love, only love

fears

not wanting to talk about your stories
because someone else will come along
n say something more touching
n make ur story look pale in comparison

Friday, February 1, 2013

The shackle called marriage

Where goes the desire for intimacy
After you are no longer attracted to
The only person
That you are allowed to share a bed with?

Anger?
Pettiness?
Depression?
Moral high ground?
High sounding morality strictly applied to rest of society?

(if only we were free to seek what we wanted
Maybe we would have less grumpy middle aged people)

And wonders why

The generation that took its relationships
For granted
Watches
As years of accumulated unkindness
And negligence
Razes their relationship down