"The Beginning That Was The End"

The world came crashing down, looking at me with a frown.
Everything was falling into a dark, endless abyss, as I watched on, helpless.
I shivered with the burning cold of the night. Hell! I was scared, I confess.
Swirls of mist were closing in around me, obscuring, concealing what I couldn’t see.
My heart was cold, like a cube of ice. But I couldn’t calm down my emotions & they burnt like a cup of boiling tea.

"School Life"

when in school, all we did was crib and complain, you and I,
dying to start a new life, college life...wanting only to say 'bye'.
And now a year has flown by...we're in college, settling into a world unsure,
we miss school, we miss classes, we miss the time that was so pure...
soon we shall flourish, settle down and eventually perish,
but the time we spent in school, is time we shall always cherish!

"The Other Life..."

This is something I loved writing and it takes off from A tree. A rock. A cloud by Carson McCullers. I would request you to please read that in order to understand this story better...


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The cells of the zygote were fast dividing & differentiating…soon, a new living, 
breathing organism came into existence…& waited for the right moment to announce its 
arrival to the world.

"Dead Life"

Just when everything was supposed to get over, fate turned our lives upside down again
Like a fool, I was expecting an end, a sense of closure and then…
What was supposed to be a salvation, turned into loss…and pain, oh, the pain!
It was sheer torture, except it was worse than that…much worse.


I was the light that flickered before being completely consumed by the shadow
I tried to be a part of the dark, hoping to overcome them…the harbingers of my doom
But try as I might, I was unsuccessful, a misfit like dead flowers in a meadow…
But you…you who could’ve got us away, sat there like a helpless child.

"The Request..."

A spark of love pierced my heart, a clap of laughter struck me.
A blast of joy took my breath away, I jumped around like a mad tree.
I rolled around in a basket of joy, I ran round & round a sphere of life.
It seemed like I could, would never forget those words…“Will you be my wife?”


They told me that we were too different, belonged to different strata of society.
I told them, “What the hell, I could do with some variety!”
They warned me about cheating husbands & forced abortions,
But the sheer weight of my happiness crushed all caution. 

"Look, See, Hear, Say, Feel"

Look around you, look careful
Look cautiously, there’s a bull!
Look out! Its growing bigger & bigger
Oops! It’s only my car going nearer!
Look, look it’s not even real!


Don’t you see, it’s just a cutout?
I see! Of imagination I’ve got a bout!
Now you see it, now you don’t!
But I can see it always, only you won’t.
You see, you eat too much veal!

"The Last Storm..."

“See you in school tomorrow!” I said to my friend, “by the way, it was an 

awesome party, thanks for calling!”

“That’s quite okay!” said my friend, “thanks for coming…um-mm, are you sure 

you’ll manage by yourself, I mean your house isn't exactly near, and it looks like 

it’s going to rain cats & dogs!”

“Yeah, I’ll manage, don’t worry…so, see ya then, bye”

“Bye!”

And off I went.