Before Sunrise | Before Sunset | Before Midnight

I watch it over and again

They fell in love talking!

I want to gush

Spiral into a dream world

Like a stupid little girl

Stuck to her film-tinted romance

And a fairy tales ruined reality.

I watch it over and again 

They meet again and keep talking 

As if nine years had been but a breath

And time had stood vigil to love

Like a silly young thing

I want to believe in miracles!

A voice sniggers and I wake up!

I watch it over and again

Nine years and together

Shared memories and love

Questions yet

And I hear within-

It is all a mirage

But you can make your oasis

And choose to stay.

And I fall in love with love!

(Thank you Linklater! :) ) 

HIDING

Hiding in my world of make-believe
a one-eyed lens view
zooming as I please on the good parts
letting the rest blur out and stay
manual focus here and there.
It is a comfort,
this delusion of a camera;
a sort of selective memory freeze
while giving the others a pass.
And once in a while the battery dies out;
and reality, my cruel master
shows the ugly whole;
while I stand shivering
shuddering and alone
bidding my time
once again
to beat my retreat!

Ekphrasis - 11/0

Sapnon ka sheher
all sparkly in the night! 
Where is the sky?
where begins the sea? -
Dreamers brood relentlessly. 
My wet footprints on the shore
A dimple that honours this start
For a fleeting moment, I smile
The sky smiles back
with its crescent moon
The low tide advances
And kisses the footprint
A beginning blessed by water!