Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Just because

i cannot, when you have been here. i decide to gather the fallen leaves again. but it doesn't work like that. there are memories scattered everywhere in this house.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

hands

on an evening
when the skies
broke down
so i could
go down on my knees,
you became my umbrella

night came in purple drops
that have become
patches under our eyes

we sought each others' hands
like only women do
when they need reassurance

maybe the memory of it
finally put me to sleep



Monday, July 2, 2012

Mornings

I'd forgotten how beautiful monsoon mornings are. When you wake up to stories about flooding, landslides and crashes, you wake up in fear.

Zuberi and I

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