Friday, January 14, 2022

When You Are Old

"When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
           And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
         Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep" - WB Yeats
Himachali old man in Manali
Himachali old man in Manali

Friday, May 21, 2021

Corona Time Musings


I light a cigarette

And stare at the empty openness

From the tiny balcony

Unable to offer a visible smile


In the children's park

The fallen leaves dance with the breeze

The stray pups play, undisturbed

We’re learning what to do


Smoke from my cigarette vanishes

In the intense isolation

The guards stand exposed and helpless

The battle, however, is only beginning