June 2, 2015 – Meenas Poems

An accused came before

he stood with heads down

when questioned kept quiet

never was the same as before.

Is it a way of acceptance?

I really do not know

Yet he did not answer to any query

could it be a mute acceptance?

Ramblings

As I Pass May 22, 2022

The punctuality, the discipline the dress code I am noted forhave abandoned me in a quick as I walk like a recluse governed neither by time nor by appearance,a trace of hippyism My gray hair flying in all directions’as I least try to colour themexcess starch in my sareemakes me look roundishconverting me shorter thanI am in real […]

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In The Shrine Of Thirukadaiyu May 18, 2022

Athan enacts a sensitive scenario, incredible proposal and unbelievable disposal. where Yama rushesto the sanctum ridinga boorish buffalo . Yama, the one who takes life,throws a long rope to catch Markandeya who nudgesclose to Athan. The chord entwines both, Bewildered, Yama withdraws pulling both from their seats, Markandeya closes his eyes in fearAth […]

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Few Miles To Go May 4, 2022

It is always I dostaring and staringso hard and deeptill my eyes fall out. My round eyes stand outthough they are deep set controversial it might bebut it is true. That has become my daily affair looking far into the horizon jumping over hedges and fence over to the infinity. Should I attribute this to age, solitude, or to my […]

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Compulsion April 30, 2022

Very much into the mundanefunds, revenue, haunt medeadlines, commitmentstear me apart,as I recline in exhaustion. Rupee ebbs and fallspromises scare me, I count,calculate, tabulate all through‘the night burning the mid nightoil, My eyes beseech. I keep going with a drive.Unable to remain alertI fall asleep and in the dreamthe currency floats, assurances flyI […]

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I Resemble A Mafia March 2, 2022

Travelling out of towna rarity in the last two yearswhen most of the days I stay homedoing all sorts of activities online. Moved out for a week and a halfthe roads seem new, so do the people walkingwith masks covering the mouth and nosewith distraction, most wearing under the chin. It is life once again […]

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That I am Into March 1, 2022

A break, a long onehad been into many sojournsone overlapping the othersome outsmarting the restmore of them very demandingdriving me mad. With my fingers inside the piemessy and sticky they turnpulling them out will turn a disaster,letting them like that propelsa helplessness, I face bothwith a dilemma, From doing every other thingfeel having done nothingan […]

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Not to Take The Call –3 Lines January 25, 2022

Going about in a taskingrealize it is a maskingdecide not worth the asking.

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My Girl January 23, 2022

Wish I had a girlhair falling in a curleyes shining like a pearl. I dress up one of my boys who walks with poiseguffawing with a noise,

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There I Am At Home January 22, 2022

Having been at home for almost two years I have no thought of how I look A saree goes around me fully starched and ironedgives me a comical image -a stuffed puppet. My white strands of hair have become dominant perched high on the head gifts me a matronly poise. Of recent, I starch my blouse which remains stiff tending not to get crushed, posing l […]

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I Fix The Door bolt January 20, 2022

I stand on my toes to put the latch in place. it slips, comes down. I raise my toes a little. the latch seems merciless falls down with a creak, I have to fix the onebefore going to bed.Eyeing a low stoolI feel I have hit a bonanza,drag it to the place try to get on it. No matter how […]

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