Sunday, August 30, 2020

Surrender



A broken strap, 

She holds her breasts back.

Boys check her like a meat

Though she gets back to the beat.




Running late for Work

She jumps onto the first bus

Heels waking up the office

She trembles to the notice


Walking sideways 


Avoiding occupied bays


She acted like a Novice.



Eyes rummaging her sanctity,



Was it her number or singularity?

Walking into that cabin,
She heard herself shuddering.
Of Colleagues, Seniors & House Keeping
She hunted for that perfect hiding.

She ruffled her fears & made the noise

People called it Impatience', she called it Voice.

Her neat notes, her loyalty
Her presentations maintained anonymity,

Her hardships turned pale

Fake concern in charity?



Day 2 of her life:

Waiting by the bus stop
She brushes her nails

Sharpens them actually

Hair untucked to neckline,

Bag transferred to front,

She chooses a darker Subway.

A day older,
She thinks she's smarter,
Finding a Blouse that's looser
She pushes the Red lipstick to last drawer...

Walking by the widest street
She decodes the reality,
It's neither her degree
Nor the sanity
It's not even her spirits
Never her popularity
Her existence was the trigger
Her curls, her blusher
She understood her waters
Indeed,
It is the shirt that matters.

- A Girl at Work

Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Confessions to Maa




Sneaking your tears in the edge of your Saree

You made it look all so easy,

Ruffling your wails in the corner-most storeroom

Faking a smile from midnight to noon

You never let us miss Daddy.



You switched your side while I stretched  my dream

You baked those breads before the sun was ready to scream,

You extra-pressured your swollen paws

To hold me higher

Ignoring neighbourhood guffaws

Your dreams were already on pyre.


While I watched the game of fire & rain

Mum, how did you hide that solitude

And camouflaged your pain?

I remember those chilly nights

When you held my icy feet with all might

When I walked out on you

To my friends, my other-life

To my not-so-prepped exams

You stood sleepless by my side.



When you rebelled to my stupidities

I misspelled your love

Your hope to better tomorrow

My shams added to your sorrow.


When your snuck out so quietly

I wondered it was a bluff

Fact stood there bitterly

And you turned lifeless in a puff,

Stone were the eyes

Heart no more to commit

My guts whimpered per nano seconds

To see your silent exit.


- Jheeni

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

DP Fame

Not Fat-Free


My Jeans tells me that every morning


You don't need to remind on Facebook.

Call me a Foodie or Fatty


The Fact remains that I will never stop eating.


I'm not Immortal


My breasts remind me that, which are clearly sagging


Don't bother to type so much on my DP.


Oh Hey, you looked better earlier


Well, my eyes were registering all my life


And I swear on my eyes, I am Noticing!





You don't need to tap on my chin


To spot my fading skin


You really shouldn't bother to scan my hair


And tell me what level of baldness is heading my despair


That 20-Year Old Mirror in my Bedroom,


Lets me know without passing that extra stare




- Jheeni