Shail's Nest

I dug holes in the backyard buried tiny chunks of me and over them planted shrubs for you to see Some parts are now missing I am not whole but you would never know of the hollow for the green leaves the pretty flowers will hold you in their spell while I weep… – Shail [...]

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 [...]

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

I long to watch the rain fall in torrents To gaze at dark clouds shedding copious tears Maybe my dry eyes will learn a few tricks How like them they can arrears release… – Shail Mohan (Jan 2009)

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 [...]