Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wet



  

   i see you
   breaking your body
   to make up the strength
   to face all that you couldn't  have
   what could  have been tears
   is now reduced to sweat
   i understand you, love,
   longing makes us all
   wet.


-Jason

       

   On Sunday
Daddy is home
For once.
We're changing the bed sheets
He says
And shuts mummy in.
And all is lovely and nice
Until Choku and I 
prepare for attack.
   With water guns.
  
   -Nikita   

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Burn


                   *Smoking is not good for you, but then, you already know that.




    


      my modern-day Prometheus
       brings me love
      instead of fire; 
      he forgets to tell me
      it burns the same way.
   

    - Jason

                          


     
          Sweetest heat
          Of silken flame
          Inviting the young
          And the foolhardy
          To leave all else and come taste 
          With promises 
          Of forever.
          Love will keep you warm. 
          For only so long
          Before.


     -Nikita
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Dream


Each one of us deserves to take a shot at this one.
To make things special, we have a guest writer; Yashad Kirtane who stretches out his poetic feet for us.
Here's to dreams coming true. Cheers.







     Open spaces 
     constrict my gaze
     Words find utterance in silence
     I try 
     to grasp fleeting sensations
     This dream 
     will never end.
     
     Move past, don't look back-
     A new beginning awaits.

    - Yashad

                           


    
     A single bright pink kite flew
     this morning
     With no others to play
     Tag with
     Or run loops around,
     Climbing slowly
     On the back of the same winds
     That tried to pull it down
      From its place in the sky.



     -Nikita
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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hope

This shot is dedicated to Nivedita Rao, the one we drew out of anonymity.
Hope you like it ;)







As the ray of light
         slices through the darkness
         tiny particles of dust 
         come alive
         and learn to fly.


        - Jason
             


         
         In the round of your stomach
         That shows
         Just when you raise your hands
         I find happy smiles
         In the folds of your skin
         That invite
         Without temptation of sin,
         And make forecasts
         Of clear skies and sunshine.
     
        - Nikita


Sunday, December 2, 2012

Silent

We admit, we haven't said a word in a while and so we're back with...




   



  
     Our love story
     will be written 
     in ellipsis.
  
    - Jason
        


     This city after hours:
      Like an old lover
      Mysteriously laid bare
      By fate.
      His lips parted
      Shirt buttons loosed
      Open skin
      For you to lay your head on
      And listen.
      And finally find
      A heartbeat.
  
      - Nikita





















Thursday, November 8, 2012

Always



          


  they were worried
  when her levels dropped
  they had hoped
  when they named her
  she would run on forever

  but their dreams
  would soon dry up
  she couldn't
  live up to her name-
  Always.
  
  - Jason
        


  like a souvenir
  of the most lovely thing
  she was ever given,
  she carries the frowning scar
  of a c section
  under her belly
  without a care.
 

  customers will only see
  what lies beneath.


  

  - Nikita




















Sunday, October 14, 2012

Blue


It could be so many things... what does it mean to you?
Here's our blue.




         


  

red blood
in my blue veins
is love
flushed into drains

no use
to this refuse
without  you.
  

 - Jason
                              




  like an infant
I like
to curl up in the curves
of letters
in the crooks of words
forged in ink.
the blue is warm
and fluffy,
and softly sings me to sleep.


  - Nikita





Friday, September 28, 2012

Heat

Its guest-writer time. Kanika Raj and Jason Menezes have brought us a heat wave. Read and melt.

P.S. It also happens to be Kanika's birthday so raise your shot glasses and join us as we wish her. Happy Birthday!!




          


 

  two eyes, two ears,
  two hands, two feet-

  and yet
  the same make 
  doesn't guarantee repeats

  Alladin's rusted lamp produced 
  a very different kind of heat.

  
  

  - Jason
        


  
  That melted drop of icecream,
  Trickling down your thumb,
  That you lick off
  Before it falls

  Or

  That little drop of sweat,
  Following your spine,
  That meets his hands
  On their way up

  All you need is a little heat.


  - Kanika




















Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Moon



          


  the next time
  you try
  to touch me
  in the dark
  i will slit your throat
  over a full moon
  putting a big red signal 
  in the sky
  for people like you
  who just don't get the point.

  
  


  - Jason
        


  I watch
  time go by
  in the patterns she leaves
  on your thigh.
  Some nights she breaks you
  In slivers.
  Some nights in half
  Or full.
  And some nights 

  I 
  am the sky.
  My moon obscure, 
  and my clouds 
  awry.

  - Nikita




















Sunday, September 2, 2012

Open


          


  If you get only one wish-
  a four letter word
  and an option
  between two body parts,
  which one would you choose
  the legs or the heart.

  - Jason
        


  Like sunflowers,
  all souls will unfold
  only
  in the light of their Sun.



  
  - Nikita