Shail’s Nest

Hopes and Dreams I piled together
Then with my hands I lit the pyre
Will they like Phoenix rise from the ashes??
Only Love can say, Love alone has the answer.

- Shail Mohan (2009)

Apart from a stupid dream I had while I dozed off one Tuesday afternoon months back, about none other than Hrithik Roshan of all people, and mind you, that too when he is not even in my dream-list, my dreams have mostly been confined to those where I appear for tests to write which I [...]

Last night I dreamt
we sprouted wings
flew around the Moon towards Neptune
in our little shack on the ‘ice giant’
I brewed pots of tea
we sipped watching the moons….
In the pale light, your eyes
kindled embers to a roaring flame
and I was no longer the ice maiden.

- Shail Mohan (July 2009)

Dreams…
Of waking in your arms
To the beats of your heart
Every single morn

Dreams…
Of a shared cup of tea
Beneath the sprawling tree
Just you and me

Dreams…
Of my head on your shoulder
Listening to you sing
A song of love

Dreams…
Of the falling rain
Drenching us as it pours
And we kiss

Dreams…
Of being together
Two bodies but one soul
Now and forever
[...]

Fly me to the moon…
Take my hand, fly me to the moon
Sitting on the edge of moon craters
We shall savor strawberry ice cream
For you I shall wear my gown of moonbeams.

Our names
I write your name on the sand along with mine
The waves rush in and thoughtlessly erase
Maybe the sea knows like us that ‘we’ can [...]

1. Bittersweet
Bitter gourds are bitter
and sugar beets sweet
When they come together
Do you call them bittersweet?

2. Mute me
I stand mutely
as silence kills with certainty
dreams and hopes held dearly
Why do you watch nonchalantly??

3.Buried dreams
Six feet deep
I buried them in a heap
the dreams we planted
together to reap.

4.Your kiss
Your kiss sensuous
soft on my lips
makes me burn
For more I yearn.

5. [...]