Why You Didn’t Call The Next Day
A poem about when you kiss a friend.
Relationships
Navigating Family, Friendship, Marriage, Colleagues, Companions & other social connections
Gehraiyaan: Good Galentine’s Release & Okay Solo Date Watch
Gehraiyaan isn’t a great Valentine’s Day release. But it does make for some rich girltalk fodder.
Talking About Love With You
You tell me this is what it means to loveYou say that is love, this is lovingYou point me to poetryas a dictionary for the love languageAnd therapy terminologyto dissect this feeling These my friend,are conversations about love,Not love itself(And note, that I call you ‘friend’,not ‘my love’)Because I’ve read…
When Abandonment Wounds Are Your Teacher
There comes a point when you have to act like the person who left you will never come back. It’s essential to accept it in order to seek healing. But at some point, you must also ask yourself that if they do return, whether you’ll take them back. That’ll tell…
Love Gardener
Love does arrive, neatly packaged. It grows in mud that stains. Sometimes it poisons your being. Still, I keep it watered and nourished. Because, have you see the flowers?
People Who Married Too Early
In my 20s, I was made to pick a side in the battle of the Smug Married vs the Singles. I didn’t create that division, they did.
You Are In Our Conversations
You are in my conversations. You are part of my conversations. You are in every breath even as I’m profoundly me.
A Rather Long Monologue But It’s Poetic
A monologue because is love ever anything else? If we’re lucky both faces of love are modeled for us in clear, unambiguous ways.
Love Language
LOVE LANGUAGE – my journey deciphering my experiences through the words of love songs in different languages
Where’s The Flirty Party? – The Power Moves of Flirting
Flirting feels like a party I wasn’t invited to. A concert playing all around me & everyone’s vibing, except me.