trail

in the morning hours
i beckon you
to come with me
and stroll by the green

together, we take out the blue
and return it to the sky

later

tired of the blue

the sky rains

you pick up the blue

from the wet grass.

you return home

I follow you

we leave behind a trail

one step blue…

one step rain…

one step green…

one step sky…

the inverted umbrella

sometime
in her blue and yellow frock
happy as a five year child
she turns cart wheels,
she turns upside down
and catches all the rain
while i remain sleeping by.
...
sometime
she hides the rain below my pillow
and later, in a silver dream, i swim in it
sometime
i wake up
when she sprinkles them on me
like the morning sunshine

the rain is inside

always
in the sunny afternoon
when 
the children play at the park
the wives bargain hard for the bangles
and the man steps out to breath a smoke,
i hurry home
wet and cold
----
and they wonder


always
in the sunny afternoon
i wrench my drenched soul
and lay it out in the lawn to dry

----
and they wonder


always
in the sunny afternoon
when i visit my neighbour
and sit for a cup of tea with them
the smell of rain soaked soil floats around

----
and they wonder


they do not know
always
the rain is inside

yellow

that day
i had made the world a little yellow
and had tried my steps on it
and later,
tired and scared,
i had run away to you.


now 
as i go away
i leave behind my yellow footprints with you


and ever
if the night is a tad too dark
follow them
for they will again lead you to sunshine

butterfly dreams

the butterfly dreams crawl by
and slowly moves towards a yellow dawn

in the meanwhile

the night takes twisted turns in its caterpillar length
till the day breaks out as murky moth

evening tea

he served me rain
and an empty cup
the best evening tea, ever !

55 word story 2

Aphrodisiac


Chocolate, viagra, alcohol, oyster, psychoanalysis. She tried all. Finally she gave up. She realized that without love, nothing works.

He gave up on love the day he realized it is not an aphrodisiac. 

Theirs is a happy marriage; they were compatible in their mutual absence of love for each other.

Forbidden

Husband: Do you love him?

Wife: No, its forbidden. 

Scream

She screamed out loud. She wanted to move away, move out of the room. But fear had her paralyzed. The servant was in the next room but he didnot hear her; her loud screams were silent. Fear had taken away her voice.

She stood there, screaming silently.

The cockroach kept staring at her nonchalantly.

Damage

Priya: How dare you! I needed the job badly; otherwise I would have never slept with you. I have a good character.

Boss: Baby, there is this thing about character. Once sold, always on sale. Tonight. 9 p.m.

Priya mentally calculated that she would still have some time to go shopping with her boyfriend.

Possibility

Chandan, Kalyan, Amar, Bijay and two crates of beer. And an endless discussion.


An endless discussion on the smile Seema passed Bijay today. What could the smile possibly mean? This is a matter of life and death and they need to figure it out !

Indifference 1

Her husband did not love her. She was okay with it; love anyways happen only in romantic flicks. She wanted to know if he was also indifferent to her. If so, she will file for divorce.


She left tell tale signs of the afternoon affair with her neighbour all over their bedroom and went shopping.

Envy

"They leave behind their lazy habits for you! They meet you in their best behaviour and best dress!"


" And when I am around, they spend half the time sleeping! And the rest of the time, stinking !


" Its like..people are wooing you and ignoring me! I envy you !"


What sunday said to monday.

Indifference 2

Blue is her favourite; green her husband's. She asked the green dress to be billed and hurried home to remove all trace of her illicit affair.

She suddenly realized that she is too much in love with her husband to face his indifference.

And thus love spoilt another well thought of attempt at sane life.