Tall tale tummyache
Just moved to this lovely sprawling house Eager to explore each nook like a mouse Before I could breathe, came cruel morning With “Get ready for school, darling” Conjured up… Read more »
Author Archives: Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
First Word
Let ‘Love’ be the first word kids write On dark slate, with chalk bright white They’re always taught ‘Apple’ Of which the world has ample Ain’t enough love, not in… Read more »
Dupatta Warriors
Bereavement is the heaviest burden humans are forced to bear and there is no escape from it. Each one of us has to haul it, sometime or the other. And… Read more »
Run
Her shoes are drenched;grief soaks her soul Running helps keep those nerves in control Her love left her without a reason He’s getting married this wet season She runs till… Read more »
Life was dark
She looked at herself, desolately, in the mirror Sunken eyes, skin paled by the advancing cancer Thought of him in someone else’s bed She couldn’t shake off her weary head… Read more »
Flowers at the door
The doorbell rang. She crawled out of the warm quilt, wound up her hair in a quick ponytail and felt the chill of the naked floor as her feet scrambled… Read more »
Fairytales
Those fairytales were endearingly heartwarming- Life’s a dream after you marry Prince Charming Reality- we work from dawn to dusk There’s no time to inhale love’s musk Honeymoon is over… Read more »
Trust
I trust you,driver across the yellow line To help me reach home,safe and fine If you’re consumed in the phone We’ll both be engraved in stone Drive responsibly, for your… Read more »
Every Girl’s Story
I wanted to asphyxiate it, so I concealed it in a distant nook in my cerebrum where oxygen could never reach. But it did not die, not that day, not… Read more »
Future
How automatic things will be in future The thoughts lead me to a dazed stupor Cabs driving on their own Pizza delivered by a drone Humans scarce, we’ll talk to… Read more »