Shail’s Nest

- A short story
The family huddle was in full swing in our drawing room. There was old Uncle Narayan sitting with a frown on his face looking like a bear on a bad morning, not that I’ve had chance to meet bears on their bad mornings! Next to him sat Mrs.Roshan, beautiful soul, face downcast, [...]

- a short story

I sit there amidst them. They are strewn all around me. The letters. His letters. I feel inexpressibly sad and yet there is in me a deep sense of joy seeing them. Bundle of contradictions. Isn’t that what he called me?? I smiled to myself remembering it.
“Te iubesc” he had told me [...]

Love is in the air….
Those of you in places where spring is in the air might nod your head in affirmation and say,
“Oh yess!! Love is indeed in the air!!”
That is not the case here in God’s own land of Kerala. We are in the throes of summer. It’s hot and humid. But [...]

Let me be the song
playing on your lips
sing me to your fill
softly as you will.
Let the notes rise
as high as the skies
and dip so low
to the oceans below.
Twirling and curling
twisting and turning
make melody flow
now fast now slow
As the drums in my heart
in rhythm to yours beat
with your lips beloved mine
make me music divine.
-Shail Mohan (Dec [...]

Sand in my shoes
Sea breeze in my hair
Love in my eyes
The reflection in yours.

Muted reds of the sun
Painting sea and shore.
Hovering rain clouds
Biding time to burst.

Restless sea roaring
You and I yearning
Waves pounding
Our hearts hammering.

Hands longing to touch
Lips trembling to kiss [...]

A dedication

Our love story… Where did it start?? Is it the day you told me you had been searching for me all your life?? Destiny, you said brought us together. There was no going back. Wherever life took us from now on was immaterial. Our paths were now entwined forever.
Tere mere sapne ab ek rang [...]

You…
the hurt
I embrace
with open arms
breathing life
into my barren heart
filling to the brim
joys of love untold
permeating my being
with the ache of longing
making every cell
pulsate in pain
releasing tears
stored deep within
lending wings to desire
for an unfettered flight
igniting passion
to rage and flame
tempering me
in its victorious blaze.
With open arms
I embrace
the hurt
You…
-Shail Mohan (Aug 2007)

Do not be silent
speak to me my heart
let your words of love
flow free from afar.

Make them sing to me
the song of our love
encircling me
in your love so warm.

Let them weave their way
through my silky hair
touch me tenderly
and dance in joy.

Your lips cannot kiss
nor eyes caress
the hands so rough
don’t reach [...]

Pic courtesy Vivek

The waves heard my secret
From the gentle breeze that blew
When my love whispered
The words I love you.
They ran with joyous roar
To tell it to the shore
The sands who knew
Blushed in the orange hue
The breeze then told the trees
To the clouds and the bees
And blew on carefree
Across [...]

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 [...]