Shail’s Nest

Feelings trapped within
like birds with stunted wings
unable to soar
not knowing how to fly
flap useless wings
so hard they try.
Will you be my wings my love
and teach me to fly
let me roam the skies
free as any bird that flies..
When I am tired
I’ll return to nest
in the circle of your arms
your sweet embrace
for you are my dream
my heaven [...]

On the left is Teddy and to his left is Pinkie. Such original names, aren’t they? It is bound to be so, coz aren’t I the one who named them?! They occupy a corner of my bed, though here you see them on my pillows. Whenever L & M (Lord & Master) is at home, [...]

“You’ve a lovely nose!” he said to me one day a good many years ago..
I wrinkled my nose and tried to look down it to see what was so good about it. Having never heard anything about my nose from anyone all of my twenty four years (for that had been my age during the [...]

A painting dwells
deep within
you and I
beneath the tree
beside the gently flowing river
arms intertwined
our silence talking..
I hear in my heart
the song of love
you softly sing to me
the rustle of turning pages
from the book long forgotten
as my hair covers your face
making time stand still.
Was it the setting sun, my love
or the ardor in your eyes
that [...]

Our movies (Indian) are chock full of hard hitting dialogues that have the front benchers and the balcony-sitters alike whistling, clapping or sometimes sagely nodding in agreement. That spells success for the story writer/ dialogue writer and the makers of the movie in general. Some of the oft repeated ones ever so popular with [...]

When my younger son was around 2 years of age, I decided to give him a hair cut and ended up with the Elikaranda (Rat- Gnawed) Look!
I watched him nervously as he sat there playing. Oh dear God! What had I done to the poor beloved thing’s mass of curly mop??!! It looked horrible. [...]

My brother and family have reached Trivandrum. Sis-in-law calls up, on reaching her home. They will be coming over in a couple of hours. I have one last batch of folded clothes to go into the wall closet. I open it to keep them and …..Aaaaaaaaaaaah! There is an ENORMOUS spider running on the closet [...]

I am gagged.
Your silence
has taped my mouth shut
Words of love
held captives
within the walls of my heart
jostle, push and shove
to break free
and dance in abandon for you.
Caged in the dark confines
of my pulsing flesh and blood heart
they long for escape
to roam free
and reveal
what they feel.
But…
I am gagged
Your silence has
taped my mouth shut.
Incarcerated
my words [...]

“Once upon a time…. ”

This was only the second story Mom was into and already the book was slipping from her hand and her eyes were closing. In a minute I could hear her deep breathing. She had fallen asleep in my room on my bed, reading out stories to make me go [...]

I have lost something
Can you find it for me??
Looked for it everywhere
But found it nowhere!!
Close to myself
Never out of my sight
Away from prying eyes
I had hidden it so well.
Misused and battered
Injured and hurt
wounded and damaged
marred and impaired,
was the way I found it
when I lost it before.
Since then have I kept it
locked and away
from any who [...]