This city is a riot.

This city is a riot,

a riot of different
tints and tones,

it is full of monsters

and men,

of the chivalrous and the

boorish,

of women with wings clipped

to their backs,

the rich and the poor,

the kind and the cruel,

the young and the old

stand tall at the sunrise and

crumble after sunset,

never are the streets sombre,

look around,

you're flanked by glares and

laughter gaping you,

cups of tea are passed around

the tables

while an outlier sips on his

coffee,

saunter in wonder,

the cadence of different prayers

envelops you as

several religions coexist with

grace,

let me tell you how

biryani is one of them,

there's constant rush and

fragments of calm,

tell me what’s this city if

not a

beautiful riot?

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Shedding.

My bags are filled with bills

handed over to me by

restaurants and shopping malls and

parking lots,

in one corner, I have stacked

some polaroids,

of friends I love,

and the ones I barely talk to,

there are paper napkins with my

lipstick stains and poems,

the other corners are full of unused pens

and coins,

I keep wondering how my bags contain

memories

of the times I'd like to forget, and

the ones I'd like to collect

like the things in my bags,

but time has come close

for me to discard what I've held

so close to my heart,

they've no place in my life,

like these bills and paper napkins.

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The enclosure.

I wrap my mouth

around your

words,

gently yet hastily,

and now,

my lips are stained

with ink,

that refuse to wash

away,

like the scars from

yesterday.

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Eventually.

Eventually, we'll withdraw from

each other,

distance will drive a ridge

between us and no amount of

bridges can bring back what's lost,

for what's lost remains lost,

the traces of our presence will

fade,

there will be faint reminders when

we walk past the coffee shops we've

been to

or the places we've watched distasteful

movies at,

the aroma of freshly-baked bread and morning coffee

will be replaced with pungent odours of sulphur and past,

and eventually, someday, we'll lose each other,

we'll drift apart,

just like the clouds do before

a clear sky.

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The shape.

I've changed the shape of

my heart

far too many times to fit it

in your palms

like how black coffee

twirls and whirls

in cups and mugs

of different shapes and textures,

each time with a new form,

each time with a new aroma,

and yet

remains

strong.

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