Just Because

Leave it to god. I chanted these words which my mother told me on nights I couldn’t sleep. Leave it to god. But the chain of my deeds is strong indeed. Those broken hearts, unkept promises, forgotten names, incomplete camaraderies, discarded dreams, unfinished stories, and above all lost hope kept my mind on alert. To...

A Few Words Away

“For god’s sake, will you tell me?” I wailed as I am about to lose my temper. I always do whenever I am with her. Still, she keeps looking straight at the tinkling high buildings and running cars. She loves the night at the balcony. “Yeah I have told you a hundred times already, I...

It’s creeping in

when all lights are off and everyone is far asleep, I think of you and of our memories,  coming in like a nasty little creep.