Roots

Saturday, October 19, 2024

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Last night's slumber
Clinging at corners of my eyes
The heaviness revealing
In the fullness of my lips
-
February 27, 2016
Thank you Facebook memories!

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 oh sunny days have set in....
sunrays through the window
i watch them curiosly
i know if i go out
the scorch will get my forehead
and i might look above
the yellow source of this all...
the yellow of light
of creation
of existence
oh yellow...
i might just get lost in u...
-
February 26, 2012 
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Sunday, October 13, 2024

An Archetypical Burst

So much thinking, so much time away, away from writing. Thinking about writing, how I want to put it out. Thinking about writing ideas. 
And lately, "You haven't written anything in a while, Chandni." 
"Well, it makes sense, with so much practicality taking over? Haven't you been enjoying it?"

It did make sense, and I respected it. Until today. Till sometime back. A flutter in my chest. Two Bumble chats that I enjoyed. Two people. Why does it rekindle me this way? Why do I feel poetic? Existence is a mystery, components of it are, components of me are. 

A visual if I wanted to give it one: citrusy! Tiny, sparsely collected, drops of citrus on the tongue. The olfactory landscape bursts too, you see. And the tactile? Awakened. Look at the awakened tongue! A beginning of a movement. A movement into dance. Look at its feminine twirls! :)

"Did you break your hiding, Chandni? Did you give yourself up, for a moment, here?!"
"Well, let them find me."


Monday, February 12, 2024

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The moon slipped from her forehead
Slid down her hair
The sun jumped in from the window
And into her eyes
He waltzed in them
Left and right he swam
Until she had to open them
"Good morning sweet," he said
The world was a wonderous burst of warm, cream, white
Cradling a zest
Zesty like citrusy oranges
Of excitement to come and a to-do list
She smiled back sweetly and hugged the new day
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Feb 12, 2017
(Thank you, Facebook Memories!)