🔗Even a father has an umblical cord

Unheard, unseen, and uncut
Under the debris of dreams that rut

It foxes and feeds in its own way

As there is no bigger joy
than seeing your kid at play

👫Happy 10th Anniversary

It doesn't take much to make you smile

A tuck inside the blanket
A peck on the cheek

Listening to your sweet voice while you talk
Holding your little finger while we walk

A ride on the bike
And even roadside panipuri
Is all that it takes

It truly doesn't take much to make you smile*

* And that also includes all your splurging at the salons,
malls, and fine dining restaurants.

👤Alone

Drawing figures in air
Calling a bike your pair

Talking when no one's there
Walking alone everywhere

Hopping from chair to chair
Shell of a turtle, speed of a hare

Being alone is fair
Because you came from there

ℹ️I

Like a half-moon on a nail
neither here nor there

Like a portmanteau word
a bit of this & a bit of that

Like a partially wet smoke
either fag or nag

Like in-your-30s
neither young nor old

Being average
is in a class of its own

Don't give up on anger

It is like a newborn.
Embrace it with love.

It was nurtured within you
& pain got it out.
Don't leave it alone.

It doesn't know this cruel
world & will cry out aloud.
Allow it to be.

It knows no right from
wrong & whether the nipple
spits out milk or blood, it
sucks all.
Let it satiate its hunger.

Let it grow into a
Frankenstein
& let it kill its master.
Don't rob it of its destiny.