Amnesiac mirror

The mirror in my room

Has forgotten all faces

Except yours

Karva Chauth

Meri jaan

Tumhara Karva Chauth ka vrath

Meri tumhari dooriyon ki umr na badha de...

(Karva Chauth is an annual one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India, the Indian state of Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi and parts of UP and Rajasthan in which married women fast from sunrise to moonrise for the safety and longevity of their husbands.)

Rendezvous

My love,

Meet me at the traffic jam

And take me away from this crawling world

Light hangs from many lamp posts

But roads are too dark

I walk around with a candle

Of your burning memories

My love,

Meet me like the traffic jam

And crawl into my world forever.

Trust

My love

Don't say I can’t bear the pain of your separation

Desert is never afraid of autumn

Knots of love

I have tasted salt on your lips

I have sailed seas in your eyes

I have been collecting my shadows from there

Come closer

Do you hear noises inside my head?

I have been reading all your letter whole night

I haven’t answered any of them

My fingers fail me tonight

Come closer

Do you hear sea inside my chest?

The moon of your face inspire high tides

Tonight the sea inside me is rough

Tonight

 No sailor is going to pass through

Except you.

Reflection of the self

I threatened the mirror with a stone

But I couldn’t scare the reflection

Without scaring myself

Ode to throat infection

There is a stranger in my throat tonight

It doesn’t allow me to speak to you

The voice creaks

Like an old rusted iron door

So my love

Come closer

Tonight

I can only whisper my love to you