Your indifference
is manifest
in the untimely pause
between words
of your sentence
and reveals
the invisible presence
of a newly erected fence…
The heady fragrance
that in its nascence
reeked of permanence
has now been exposed
in its absence
as transient
In the penance of silence
now remains only the essence.…
- Shail Mohan (June 2011)
Written for 
Prompt 170: Manifest
Thoughts
Rambling thoughts
wandering
in the foggy wilderness
of misplaced Time
and mistaken Space
To gather them from the haze
before I am unmasked
and revealed
to be a forgetful menace
is a Herculean task.
Somewhere
Overgrown with brambles
the rambling trail that went nowhere,
took me somewhere…
Short and sweet
Rambling is a gamble
And time is of essence
To hold your audience
Keep your speech concise
- Shail Mohan (May 2011)
Written for
OSI Promp 169: Rambling
With lightning speed
it spreads
contaminating
each and every cell
like an epidemic
of epic proportions
subduing reason
igniting passion
making humanity
the casualty,
to wither in the wake
of its acidic waves.
A sacred disease
that blinds,
bigotry kills
and makes you kill…
- Shail Mohan (April 2011)
Written forPrompt 162: Epidemic
Search
Little eyes stare
Follow spiraling trails in the hollow
search for doodlebugs.
Loss
A hollow
where a heart used to be
now reclaimed
unilaterally…
My white pond
Tiny hand digs
the mound of fluffy rice
on the steel plate
Expectant eyes
gaze across the table
meet a smiling pair
Mother pours
filling the hollow
to the brim
With a screech of glee
baby fingers dip
into rich curd…
‘Amma, I have my own white pond!’
- Shail Mohan (March 2011)
Written for
Prompt 161: Hollow
When you are away
Loneliness fills the day
To the brim
Paints the night in colors grim
But… when you are back
the moments are all Kodak
It is carnival time
Your love makes life sublime
-Shail Mohan (Jan 2011)
You gave me up so easily
As if, it mattered the least.
A turbulent silence stretches uneasily
Like a treacherously calm sea.
- Shail Mohan (Jan 2011)
My love is formless
infinite, free and untamed…
You drew invisible lines to contain
that which cannot be.
Rendered mute,
I languish
Imprisoned by feelings I cannot restrain,
I await my ultimate freedom.
- Shail Mohan (Dec 2010)