The Safety Valves Of Goodbyes
Drawing boundaries and letting people go is hard but worth every atom of personal growth.
Map Of Emotion
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
The Broken Glass Inside My Head
It’s a post-apocalyptic world inside my head. Watching ‘Deadpool’ was a nasty reminder. But so was sympathy from a stranger.
Unimpressed
Everything fights to make an impression. You’ve been a tap-tap-tapping rhythm from one snooze button to the next. Yet, you remain unimpressed.
Love As A Matter of Habit
A friend defined love as ‘a form of OCD’. I pondered the idea and it gave me a way out of an end-of-love situation.
Escape
In narrow escape routesInside games of shameYou hidBreathing unabashedAnd that’s where I found youDefiant refugees together,We loved. *Read my other Love Poetry. Or listen to it.
Crush: A Definition
It’s called a crush
because you’re crushed by the weight of FEELING
taking up room that oxygen is supposed to occupy inside you.
Santa’s Lesson Of Generosity
I signed up for a Secret Santa program on Twitter. The receiving was a nasty slap. The giving though…
“Goddess” — A Navratri poem opening at Poetry Couture’s Poetic Adda
“Goddess” — A Navratri poem opening at Poetry Couture’s Poetic Adda Poetry Couture invited me to a feature performer at their Poetic Adda event yesterday. I’d been working on a special piece around Navratri so I chose to open it here. I had originally planned for this to be accompanied by music…
City | Map Of Emotion | Poetry
With Love From The City Of Flamingos
I found my way into healing and love, helped by words and more recently the arclights of the stage.
Books | Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Pop Culture
My First Publisher: Performing at LitCon 2015, Mithibai college
Tuesday was really special. I had a chance to perform at Mithibai college’s LitCon festival. The alma mater makes everything a magical experience. Even though the building has changed beyond recognition, it has echoes of my adolescent self, climbing out of windows, sneaking vada-paos into chemistry labs, reading books hidden…