Couples lie...Couplets!

How are you? ..he spoke..hesitant
 "I am fine..and you?" , I asked..resistant...
"All is well" he replied.. "Life goes on..!"
A couple of lies...And we move on...
"What are you thinking about? ", she did ask
" Nothing ",he smiled as he went about his task
And yet, they felt the silent lie
A couple of lies...Yes...Couples lie

Two cuppas chai

Years back, we sat on either side of an old old wobbly table...
People around us in neighboring tables, sipping tea in a relaxed rush...
Some loud, a few louder in their silence, reading sprawled newspapers on the table..
Two cuppas of smoky cardomom chai...stood witness between us...

Two cuppas chai....Strangers unraveling each other's souls...


Years between us, I long once again for that wobbly table...
To sip in silence, two cuppas of cardomom chai...and us..
To once again become strangers, curious unfamiliar souls...with no past labels...
Eager to devour each other's thoughts... as two cuppas chai stand in solidarity with us..

Yes, Two cuppas chai..Wish we were strangers again..unfamiliar souls..

Sakura...

I lie down on the grass and rest my day's worry...
I look up at the expanse of the flowery sky...
The Cherry Blossom flowers bloom...A week or  two to live in beauty...Hurry!
And, yet they claim their  right with all ado...their place of beauty under the sky...
They cherish... they live each moment in an eternal bloom...till they wither without a worry..
Our lives, love, moments, hugs, kisses, kind words...A few till we graciously die...
Yes, cherish these moments slow....Dear!...Hurry!
Make time for moments slow....Before you live a lie...
Yes...Claim your place...Your bloom under the sky...