Love and Wooden Porch

I am not able to sleep
I keep thinking of you
And I feel you do the same.

We are each other's dreams and desire!
We both sit in a slight chilly night
in our house built in a town
on the periphery of a desert.

From our wooden porch,
we can see the hills in the distance
At night, we see stars
The sky here is not hazy
We even have a fireplace
So, we have enough to survive
through the harsh winter months.

Darling, I keep thinking of you
and the wooden porch;
Darling, I keep thinking of us
And I have sleepless nights
Darling, we love each other so much!

LKO

Devdas

Extremely sorry Mr. Chattopadhyay
I wasn't ever convinced
by the character you created.
Believe me Mr. Chattopadhyay!
I wanted to appreciate him--Devdas
who drew million of admirers on celluloid
I wanted to become like him--
after I had a complete failure in love
and that failure led me on the edge of
dropping my final university exam
I was so dead, so drowned
so passionate that my only way out
to save my face was to jump from the rooftop!
Yes, I wanted to be like him
but a female version
Alas! there was no hard liquor available
not near me;
I was merely a college student
So, you can understand
I was poorest of the poor
My father was almost a chain smoker
but no alcohol type...
He never kept a single bottle in refrigerator
Mr. Chattopadhyay,
I was not able to forget
the way Devdas tried to forget Paro.

Mr. Chattopadhyay,
Devdas was a rich student
he never had to think of earning money
for the alcohol until he reached a certain point
where he was taken care by others
In real world, Mr. Chattopadhyay
there are many like us
who want to be Devdas to forget
yet to remember more!
But they have no means
What do they do?
You know?
They wipe off their tears in solitary
and they pledge to come back
Why?
Because if they don't
Others would suffer
Others who had hoped
Others who constantly sacrificed...
So, in real world, Mr. Chattopadhyay
They come back to see the light
and in the end they succeed!

LKO






 

We are Ace

It's not totally true
if I say I haven't come out in public
I haven't crossed a crowded road yet
or I haven't been an emergent sunflower!

Yes, I have come out
to my family...
to few friends...
who know me for a long time
and who are never going to judge me
for who I am.
Yes, I have come out to my
dearest boyfriend--
who is still by my side
as a dear friend!
But, even though I have made it 
I feel they can't
fathom us out completely
until they read a lot
about us--the ACE.

LKO

The Grave

It's a compelling thought
that the grave is here
in your city.
This never came to my mind before
--But today suddenly
I was thinking of Shab-e-Barat
and how it is my favorite festival
among all....
Because, the night looks beautiful
with candles and dias 
It's a night of fortune and forgiveness
And, at that moment
I realized the grave is here
Before leaving
I must see the place.

LKO

Calling

Come babe come!
Come to our world
Come to the world of Ace
We are waiting for your grand entry
Come Out
And fly high
Throughout my life
I will be waiting
for your emergence...

Like the girl in Mumbai
I would tell my story
and sing our song
I need more courage!
I would read my poem
Like her one day
Among all
We would one day
be heard and accepted.

LKO