Rakshasan

Ounces of Soul in me running dry; not a drop of tear left to cry. She lies there wondering why I smiled at her, heart wrapped in a lie. Her eyes close now, tired, distraught; conjuring new universes from her thought. My fingers reach out to touch her hair, becoming the rakshasan in her nightmare. A gorilla mask and an uncut toenail; A mace of thorns and a long tail. Floating on a non-existent…

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A note from hell

Oh Lord God up high Dissolve away my heart’s fears In hot summer rains

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Space

She’s blowing bubbles Flowing hot with summer breeze Space within spaces

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Seraph's Gentle call

Hot Sunday Morning Lost souls in a church courtyard Seraphim beckons

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A haiku whispers

Restless summer nights Fingers glide on glowing screens A haiku whispers

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Emptiness

Summer new moon night A shroud of pale darkness falls Echoes of absence +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ These days, I sit at my balcony most nights pondering and observing. This act of writing a haiku is to dwell in a specific feeling or emotion that compels you to try to capture it. It’s like slow cooking your thoughts to let the soul of the poem appear. I find it relaxing once I pen something down and it…

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Liberating Divinity

Tonight, when you close your eyes in prayer, And think of God, who would surely listen, One would think it is only just and fair, To not bind the divine in your prison. Your heart and its many thorns and shadows, Torments and thoughts of impending defeats, Mountains of ashes and burnt down meadows, A stage where songs of your failure repeats. Be free of our dark dominion, God, Enjoy your…

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The Fallen.

https://wp.me/p3E1zp-7a +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Revisiting something I wrote way back in 2010. In software engineering we refactor code to optimize it. I have tried to do the same. I am not the same person I was but this poem is still close to my heart. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Long I’ve strayed from your loving grace,In my weary mind, turmoil finds its place.A wanderer beneath the…

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Unattainable

Artificial clouds Evoking real emotion Unattainable

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Emptiness

Found this moment earlier this afternoon and I wanted to capture it with a haiku. The sound I have used is the generic one Google photos provides. The video and the haiku in it is mine. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bu3uLCwSPJwwG5Ek6 Come visit Cochin someday.

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പരിത്രാണം

കാറ്റാടി മരം ജീർണിക്കാത്ത ഇലകൾ പരമഗതി

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Sunset

The summer sunset An illuminated soul Stuck in a moment

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Plantation

Red soil all around A new world of rubber trees Bleeding into cups

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Involuntary Cohabitation

Souls stacked in concrete Tenants of restless dreaming Forced togetherness

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Hell's Kitchen

Cruel summer breeze Remember our dearest sins Slow cooking my soul

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God

Grey cloud of comfortOath bound souls beseech thy graceDrench us in thy love

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S(i)un

Ultraviolet Mortals gaze on in wonder Slowly going blind

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