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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]