Fruit Salad

We pick company
Like fruits and vegetables
The sweeter
The better
The more nutritious
The better,
Forgetting that
Oranges and carrots
Cause heart burns
Together.

Transactions

Beyond conversations about
Mechanics and finance;
Culinary and culture;
Current affairs and weather;
Let there be breathing space
For talks beyond
Transactions.

Middle ground

Across three timezones
And two stars
We find middle ground
In skies,
Strangers
And platters
That remind us
Of the other.

Replay

Pearls from the fisherman’s market
Of twenty-ten;
Tickets from a 3-D movie
With lenses in red and blue;
Bracelets from musicals
Where our soles danced –
I’ve met you again

Resume

Like sunset
And dawn
Let us re-enter
Life
In silence
And beat.

Let It Be

We’re at our favourite spot at our favourite hour. The sun has set but the light is still there through hues and cues. We sit in silence – aware of the underlying tension but too tired from our respective personal spaces to address it tonight. Let it be tonight, we think. Let it be tonight, we act. Let it be.

In Light

I walked out of the car to an ordinary morning of eight. The sun shone like an hour away from noon but that was the normal of the season. I tried to consciously avoid my affinity towards black during the morning of six but you know what they say, the heart wants what the heart wants. There’s almost a snicker from above before I step into the air-conditioned room that had the ACs switched off overnight and welcomed me to the furnace burning up all night. I’m starting to understand the hype of overnight – or longer – cooked dishes in a rather uncomfortable way.

Dynamics

It’s safe to say

That the dynamics

Of you and, I;

Of us

Are different today.

Breathing Space

We’ve met at a

Different stage in life

With a few years

In between that started

As a breather

To space our thoughts

But ended up

As the only space left.

Up There

We’ve reached deeds –

Good and, bad

And those in the grey.

We talk about karma,

And the purpose of the good.

Project : Trace Lines

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