Shail's Nest

I lay down my arms The battle is lost My allies are gone I am left all alone Hope was butchered Spontaneity maimed Dreams taken prisoners Optimism retired hurt A wry laughter rings Pessimism sings You win I lose No need for coups All that was mine Is now yours Why leave them behind Take [...]

Destiny’s child I am not She disowned me for reasons I know not All I asked of her was love, only love She shook her head and said, ‘Anything but…’ – Shail Mohan

The title is a misnomer. It is a ‘LOT’ of poetic history, precisely 1987 words including this message of warning, masquerading as ‘little’ poetic history. Proceed only after taking suitable precautions against boredom and (most important) at your own risk. My first attempt at poetry way back in the Ancient Ages when play-stations, i-pods, video [...]

He was a clam Not open all closed She an open book He opened when he chose. He thought he knew her He had read the pages all But she remained a riddle He never could solve. He hid himself well Never bared his soul Yet she knew him like herself May be more, who [...]

Laden I am down there is no hope it is sundown out of nowhere like a whiff of fresh air you come become the fulcrum Your hand holds mine fingers intertwine you pull me from the deep life is an upsweep To love’s dictum joyously I succumb – Shail Mohan (March 2009) This is in [...]

I invite them my cheeks to smudge They hide behind my eyes refusing to budge Retreating to my throat they choke me Settling their weight in my heart they mock me. -Shail Mohan (Dec 2008) Reposted from shail-mohan blogs @sulekha.com

This was written in answer to a tag over at sulekha.com. I was tagged by two of my friends, Kalpita tagged me to write about who I would like to kiss under the mistletoe (real or imaginary) and Edwin tagged me to write about my first kiss. I answered them at one go, in a [...]

“Hey Shail,” they tell me, “You are too cheeky! Your blogs are not funky They are too long and unwieldy. Have a heart for fellow bloggers Don’t hit the hapless surfers Give them time for breathers Why punch the poor blighters?? Girl do slow down some Learn from us what’s awesome Don’t make any more [...]

Frozen tears cold as ice clogging up ducts too hard to flow in warm rivulets down alabaster cheeks lightening grief carefully padlocked in iron chests away from eyes that probe and seek. Frozen tears cold as ice trapped powerless struggling to flee in tiny gasps of shallow breath through tinier gaps cracks and fissures in [...]

Hiding hurts Beneath layers of dazzling smiles nonchalant looks blank stares Hiding hurts Between notes of soulful music pages of books written words Hiding hurts Within busy schedules of daily chores the cleaning and cooking Hiding hurts In the great outdoors the mountains and valleys trees, rivers, sand and the sea. -Shail (Nov 2008)