#WinterABC24: Notes of Unity

Can you feel that? The scintillating swayof their drums, the sensual echoes of storiesgathered in the strings infiltrating your psyche? Can you hear that? Past and present generations stringing together our glorious past to a promiseof a rich future? These musicians with their lyrics spell possibilities, wonder: their musicalnotes rise like the sun in the…

Simmering Hearts: A Culinary Love Affair

It was written, love is two people dancing in the kitchen;amidst the warmth of a cozy kitchen,two lovers sway to a culinary tune,the perfect ménage-à-trois; you, food and I. our hearts simmer, our laughter smitten,time slows as the stove hums its ancient melodyand we dance with spatulas and wooden spoonsready to stir motions, secrets and…

March’s Awakening

Happy new month 🥳 In the quiet chilly hush of dawn,March tiptoed into our lives,Her footsteps echoing fear withdrawn,Now we dance in possibilities she gladly gives.She wears a cloak of budding green,A promise whispered to the earth,Awakening glorious dreams unseen,Beauty stretches seeking rebirth.Endless blue skies, her playful accomplice,Painting hope as slumbering ideas spring,They whisper secrets,…

Tingi Shah

For the 'Tingi Shahs' out here. For the 'Tingi Shahs' out here. 🤣Tingisha like your life depends on itshaking away the bad vibesas that waist whineswasting away others whinesand tearing away the bars they place bars that have stopped you from defendingyour way to sole freedom. Move that body masslike a sacred sessionmoving masses into…

Homestretch

“With my deepest pleasureI'll let you dip into my treasurepenetrating deeper thanyour words ever have, your actions stocking pleasure andslipping feelings without measure, stroking embers into a fire thatheats those dark cranniesand heals those fissures. Dripping from the honeygripping with tendernesssipping soulful vibesstripping the fear, wonder, doubtsinfiltrating the deepest fibers in meneurons sparking unusual synapsesstilling…

Am The One?

In the spirit of Throwback Thursday (a day I immensely enjoy as it gives me the privilege of walking down memory lane) I decided to revamp a poem that I wrote way way back. I am not sure if I published it given I found it in my drafts. But just in case I did…

InstaLove

“Oh! instalovelove grown and glowing on the gram, ones and zeros turning into heartsover pixelated dots. Likes turn into... comments, Comments turn into... Come enter my DMsHow strong is this lovedeveloped in the light of day?Is this binary foundationAs solid as the kinddeveloped in the dark roomthen made to see light?Oh! Instant love.”

How can you?

“When was the last time you kissed yourself?You read that right?And nothing sexually depraved here. Read that again. When was the last time you kissed yourself?How can you expect something from othersYet you deprive yourself of the same? You attract who you are,and if who you are is this stingy selfthat can't even tell the…

Oxygen To Fire

“Dear pyromaniac,You wanna fire things upyou better come with a hose pipe ready, but am not just about to die yet, I want myflames to touch those hungry pockets of oxygen within ustesting the purity of thisconnection, affectionbefore things cool down.If am going to light upI want you next to meLike a moth to a…

What Is Love?

“How do you know what love iswhen you didn't encounter her at homein her full gloryand wholly, adorning your crown?Is it being pampered or hampered? Is it even functional or its this damn dysfunctional constant? Is it shaped like a human or is it an ethereal being? Is it being gifted slurring words meant to…