A Counsellor at Sparsh Hospice asked me yet again to write a poem addressing those who might have lost their … More
Tag: Poem
Damn Those Med School Days
I should have quit med school After the first year Coming close to it as I did Dreaming of the … More
Neither Smiling Nor Crying
So far I seem to have traveled That when I survey life on earth I can take neither my head … More
To a Friend Who “Had Not Envisioned a Life Together” with Me
Oh, well, that’s how it is then That you had not wanted To see the sunrises and sunsets With me … More
The Unsayable
Oh, yesterday was yesterday Today feels a bit different Though the sunrise was in the east And the newspaper boy … More
A Big ‘No’ to Reincarnation
I’ll not be tricked again into being born I’ve had enough of whatever life offers No matter how much comfort … More
She Replies No More
She replies no more To birthday greetings Or to Christmas wishes I do not seem to mind What’s it that … More
The Solace of Sparsh
Go gently, gently into the beyond Don’t go suffering at close of play. Though terminal be your illness Doctors shrugging … More
In Me Is All This
In me are the sunrises and sunsets In me are the flowers and girls In me are are the Brahmins … More
Nobody In Here
Nobody in here Seeking enlightenment Nobody in here Seeking sexual fulfilment Nobody in here Seeking wealth Nobody in here, period … More