When I’m gone, Don’t burn me up And spread my wasting ashes on The raging waves into The mouths of the hungry crocodiles. But instead, Bury my useless bones In the heart of the soil, Where the only real sound […]

When all the lights lie dead and burnt,And sleep takes long to come,Come to me O worldly ghost,Its time our dance begun. When the seas lie calm and seem unruffled,And ripples are none to be seen,I will take your silver […]

In mauve and pink,The sky is setting, tonightInto another morbidCity-lane. In vivid, green and magenta,Mushroom colours, a nighttime sagaOf cocktail parties and Marlboro lights.People run into other peopleAnd voices cut one anotherLike fighting kitesOn a sunny afternoon.Like today’s past,Except that […]

ShiftingLike clouds on a windy day,The ephemeral map,Charting changing distances on the skies,Like the places you took me to. InfiniteLike the waves on the shores,Receding only to swallow up,Those paths mirrored across the sky,Like memories forgotten. PalpableLike dew on forest […]

Have I told you, girl,How pretty you lookWith your tresses wet,In the rain. Drops of waterFlashing rainbow-lightsAt my eyes, blinding.In the first morning lightYour cheeks bathed inPale pink and orange.Dappling and dancing,You tease me, girl,With your shy waysAnd glinting eyes,You […]