The Invincible Pound
These bones are tired, Straining against skin cages, Supporting the dead weight Of unyielding flesh. The insults and jibes Have corroded her mind, Crushed her heart. And yet, the unwanted […]
These bones are tired, Straining against skin cages, Supporting the dead weight Of unyielding flesh. The insults and jibes Have corroded her mind, Crushed her heart. And yet, the unwanted […]
Up there sits a lonely house. Memories lie sleeping within, Snoring in time to the wind, All bunched up in one skin. The glass is bruised and battered. Peel open […]
And every now and then I come across little pieces of me- A broken smile in the twilight, A ghostly laugh, floating on the wind- Slivers of the person I […]
I often wonder if memory wipes are the godsend people consider them to be. “Are you a victim of trauma? Estranged from the family? Just had a bad break-up? Suffer […]
Tears are just salt-water; The oceans are brimming with them. Blood flows too freely, Trapped in unwanted bodies. Those dying dreams, Stealing the sleep from tired eyes, Will drown before […]
by Kartik Mathur Google’s new logo evokes more than just shock: there is something ugly and classless about the thick overly-simplified letters. The typeface is reminiscent of Comic Sans, Mc […]
The moment the day ends, It dies for me, minute by minute, By the clock’s hand. My past lies, comatose, Groggily fading away, As unreal as a dream. But in […]
Standing in the waiting line, Stretching up to the sun. I murder minutes with teary spears, Waiting to be saved, Waiting for an inch of your time. We’re all lined […]
Bare-skinned hills Rub grassy shoulders With slitted veins of highways. Bristly strands of trees Line an unadorned neckline Exposed to wide, blind skies. Open-mouthed valleys Thirst for rain, Breathing in […]
Loss and loneliness have empty, open skins, hungry bones begging flesh. I weave them wrappers of words, cages of colons, locks of full stops, so that they might step outside […]