1.
Delhi sets like embers
Falling into the cracks
Of dismembered flesh
Of everyday exhaustion
And dying desires
2
Why do you come to me like the Delhi rain
Breezy and scattered
When I pant for a memory whole
Of bruised bodies
Coloured and caked
Like the softness
Of a noisy hometown
Scurrying past the trams
Of one College Street….
3.
Beyond intrusive lights
And shimmering darkness
I strain to hear your voice
Peeling past the rain drops
Of an autumn evening,
Calling out for the shadow
Of a boy who once danced
Amidst the howling hooligans.
Stripped school uniforms
And wet emotions.
He remembers you not.
