alzheimer's disease

now
i remember
only those jokes of yours
that could never make any of us laugh

how we ranted about them then
how we tried to escape them then
how we tried to escape them !

now all other memories have escaped
only they remain
as a cruel joke

i tell them to you now
and you burst out laughing - you are a kind soul
i know - now you donot remember them to be your own jokes

i too burst out laughing
because
its funny to see you laughing at your own jokes
you think i laugh because of alzheimer's disease
no dear, i am laughing at you

do you remember?
you always used to laugh at your own jokes
while we tried to escape them
how we tried to escape them !


now all other memories have escaped
only these jokes remain
as a cruel joke

pepsi

always,
lola ran
with nike on her feet.
but just doing it was not enough...
she wanted more

journey

things take me to u
like i do not belong here anymore.
i come back each time,
drifting further apart from me

aaj shaam

aaj shaam 
phir wapas aaya hai
ye chand, ye gham
aur teri ye justajoo

kabhi aisa bhi hua

aisa bhi hua kabhi
maine apne aap ko yu gale lagaya
ki samjho tujh ko khud mein pa liya
aur jee bhar ke roya

the witch's lament

the witch cried and twisted

trying to say the words not in her mind

she travelled dark woods

and nightmares

…in search

blue rivers turned black

as she crossed them

undithered

she travelled across -

towards the heap of rubbles -

in search of words,

as cold as the deserted stones

at midnight stroke

the fairy godmother will come,

turn her to a fairy once again.

she must find the words to stop this.

the witch cried and twisted

trying to say the words not in her mind
trying to not say the words in her mind !