SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE

SINDHU

VARGHESE

BED TIME STORIES

Corpses of varied colors

With peeling out ,dust coated skins

Lay there, battered

Reeking of dereliction

A junkyard..

A mortuary of cars..

Broken glasses through which

Straggly weed peeps at

The bold declaration

"Rahul loves Priya".

The wheels stuck in

Years of desertion ..

When the night settles

Above the dust of the bustling city

They start sharing tales

In hushed tones

About the first tentative kiss

Late night drives

The intertwined fingers

Of the bride n her groom

Or blissful destinations

Revelry of boisterous teens

Grim silences

Of promises and dreams

Dejection and deceit..

Or even the final  muttering

Of a hapless driver..

On the busy ,vibrant streets

Swanky ,gleaming beauties

Zoomed with their masters..

ONCE IN A BLUE BLOOM

After the long, long wait

The sky watched the hill

Don the purple blue raiment

With its resplendent fragrance

Rising up to allure him

Dainty bells of 'kurinji’ flowers

Have sprung forth

In an explosion of blue

Azure clouds stretched down

To caress the matchless beauty

The spectacle of their union

Forbidden

To the gaze of

The ones who raze and ravage,

The ones who gouge out the souls

Cleaved roads and barricading boulders

Guarded their sweet privacy

The only witnesses

Rolling mists

And the dappled little fawns

Bother the lovers not

When they melt and merge

Into an ocean of blue

Bother them not!

(Neela kurinji flowers blooms in once in twelve years and the hills of Munnar bursts into a sea of blue!)

COLOURS

I pick the colours

Only gentle and pleasant

Nothing harsh on the eyes

I leave out the dull ones

On the palette

Bright and loud ones too ..

Deftly,I wield my brush

Not a smudge

Nor an unsightly blotch

All my shades, just right..

Until

All the drab hues

Of beiges and greys

Of gripping ennui..

Striking shades of

Carmine and purple

Congealed in the veins

Splash over the canvas

With a vengeance..

SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE

SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE is a homemaker who lives in Pune. She writes poetry both in English and Malayalam .She is an Agricultural Science graduate with an MBA  and also holds a graduate degree in English Literature .She has published a poetry collection in Malayalam '(vaakku pookkunna yamangal ' )and her poems  have been published in periodicals and online portals regularly .One of her poems has been included in the anthology ' The Current' edited by Seena Sreevalson ,recently. Her favourite themes include love,feminine sensitivity,girl child and  social issues.