Shail's Nest

Making mud-pies Chattering like magpies Under the cool shade of the mango tree Little girls in frocks You and I… When the red ants bit You cried for mother My muddy hands wiped the tears Smudging your face; we laughed You and I…. Together always in mischief and games The oil baths and meals Arms [...]

Picture from here Dark ink splotches Dotting my sky Blotting out sunlight Turning bright day into black night. – Shail Mohan (2009)

I hear the roaring sea And strain my ears to hear A voice that said to me I am beside you, very near. – Shail Mohan (2008)

There were diamonds in my eyes Pearls in my smile You took them all away…. To pave the courtyard of your home. -  Shail Mohan (2009)

It did not rain the day we met We had hoped it would make us wet Instead the sun shone bright And then there was love-light. – Shail Mohan (2008)

Overt feelings in my eyes grow naked tendrils that you dread they stretch and touch the chill making you gasp inviting you deep into dingy darkness a world so different from your own you squirm, look away something gnaws your insides like it does mine yet… in different ways… a covert hand finds a coin [...]

Shhh…. don’t wake sleeping Pride With silken fetters she will make me prisoner Pull out my tongue and sew my lips My broken heart or tears, she will never heed. – Shail Mohan (2010)

Love defies logic and description No one knows its true definition And when one day it breaks your heart To heal there is no handy prescription. – Shail Mohan (July 2010)

Give me your hands Let me keep them in mine Kiss each and every line They will be returned after a while… – Shail Mohan (Oct 2008)

With my connivance you annihilated me… my vocal silence, a potent acquiescence aiding and abetting you in every way… I sharpened the blade so you could carve me with ease in designs you chose superfluous bits thrown away to putrefy where no eyes could reach… My eyes begged you for a swig from the goblet [...]