Sreesha Divakaran's Blog, page 10

Like the wine we sipped Moments before, Just moments before, Her raven hair lay spilled Across my silken pillows The shade of pearls; And again, and again, I ran my hands through them; Our madnesses intertwined, Like creepers and slithery serpents On monsoon nights.  Written for dVerse Poets Pub, Quadrille 11  

A few weeks ago, I was discussing Past life regression with an acquaintance. While I was always interested in the study of the mind, and the subconscious, and Freud’s theories, past life regression is a wholly new area for me. I had, of course, heard of it, but it was not something I gave much […]

This will not be a poem I will tell you now There are so many questions You can answer; I need to know. Do you still come here? Looking For clues I still hide? For whether you do or not, They still here reside. The other day, I Saw your footprints outside my door And […]

  Dear Heart, why did you love him? Because all you said is, Look at me, And he replied with a kiss on your lips. Dear Heart, why did that shake you? But my dear, it did not, Nor did I skip a beat; What it did was make the universe crack and stop. Dear […]

New Year celebrations don’t always mean you have to expend the energy you don’t have reserves of. Not physically, but mentally, what with being an introvert and all that – the kind that secretly hopes plans get cancelled no matter how much she loves her friends. Sometimes you celebrate the beginning of a new year […]

Some of my earliest memories are those of hiding in the little kitchen garden in our house. What I remember most vividly are the hibiscuses and the roses. Roses of that deep magenta color, the color of sirens and wine. Hibiscuses, I think there were red, pale pink, and peach. There were a whole lot […]

You remember being young and reckless, never hurt, never believing you ever would be. You remember shouting out to summer winds and winter blizzards about having lived a life with no regrets. You know now that you were wrong. That you are only now learning what regrets truly are. And you’re learning what regrets are […]

Rumbling loud, those wheels on steel; Hurtling down, like the sun on me Burns, sears into the tissues Hidden; it vibrates within my shoes.   Save me, hurtling train, take me home. The train to nowhere, open your doors. Let’s seek faraway lands together, Take me away, away, farther and farther.   Grows the sun’s noise […]

Even the moon has fallen silent tonight No whispers restless, No voice passes between It and the branches Of the tallest trees That explore it each night just the way I Search for an almond In the folds your lips To nibble into slivers The colour of the moon Breathlessly Let shadows of the night fall […]

A few years ago, at my workplace we had a colouring contest – like they have in kindergarten. It was around this time, that is, around Holi. But we weren’t allowed to use the actual names of the festivals when these competitions were held. Even in December, when we all decorated the place with Christmas […]