Shail's Nest

My eyes search for smoke signals
Lazily curling spirals
Bringing me news about you from lands far off
And also love in bushels.

Smiles or tears, I share them all with you
Every color of the rainbow, its every hue
You fill me with joy, you make me smile
And when you go away nothing seems worthwhile
- Shail Mohan (2008)

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. [...]

-  A short story

She was miserable. Her heart felt heavy. The tears ready to flow. He doesn’t love me. I know he doesn’t love me. Loneliness enveloped her. Unbidden dark thoughts filled her mind. Cutting through it, like a ray of sunshine escaping the dark clouds, memories of the times she had felt so close [...]

- 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 [...]