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Heteronormativity

Yesterday night, I was having a conversation with a friend and my mother and partners were present, too. I mentioned how different the relationship between my mother and my partner was when compared to my mother’s relationship with my grandmother, my mom’s mother-in-law. I told her how differently your son-in-law treats you as compared to how you treated my grandmother. And she instantly…

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#family #heteronormative #Journal #love #relationships #thoughts

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Parents

I was just scrolling though instagram and I read a post where someone was exuberantly praising their mother. I am going to say something real here. We all have parents. According to society and many religions we are suppose to love them. But it’s not always possible. Firstly, I do not come from the mind set where being brought into this world is something to be lauded. The world is a crazy…

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#duty #father #Journal #love #mother #parenthood #parents #thoughts

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Bella

The old pass and make way for the new. Such is life. But there are links we all have to our past lives that live on with age… once the old fades, those links leave the realm of collective reality. There are links which we have to those we love. We connect people and animals and objects with love. When one goes, the link lives on in the other. When the other passes, it lives on with me. I heard…

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#Journal #Loss

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Trust

Making a boyfriend jealous is tricky. One moves down the relationship in time and as the years pass love becomes colder as it grows older. The flame sticks around but the winds are sharper in threat. It’s sad to try to make the person you love jealous. Because one thinks that’s the only way you can make him exhibit some passion. Or at least the passion he showed when he first decided to pursue…

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December

There are some months that are not my favourites. October fills me with dread. But the month of December always makes me feel good. Since childhood, it played a very big part of my life. My best friend, Virginia, was Catholic, and I remember the Xmas tree in her house used to be really beautiful. White and full-leafed. It was placed by a window and I remember the morning sun making it glow. I…

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May December

I got into the film not knowing anything about the story line. I just knew, with actresses like Portman and Moore, I was in for a treat. The acting is superlative – I was not disappointed in the least. The story and the performances got into my head like a drill, though. It was all terribly jarring. When I watched Animal, the other day, I was not at all unnerved by the performance or the story…

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#Review

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Sleep

Sleep lets you knowWhat death feels like,When you get into bed,And those you loveDon’t know you’re alive.It is death.It shows youThe nightmareOf being alone.Even in life.

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#HsC285 #mypoem #mypoetry #poemblog #Relationship

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I

I am told the world lies,None mean what they say;And, if, perhaps, they do,The truth changes, every day. The love they speak of fades;The vows they make all break;The hope they give tarnishes;Yet, it all was never meant to be… fake. And I wish I could deceiveThe ones I love and hate;I wish I could erase promises,Like cleaning chalk from slate. But I can’t. I mean every word.I can’t bother to…

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#character #Love #the world #Truth

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Animal

It’s not a great movie like everyone is making it out to be and it is not a terrible movie as the others are saying it to be. It’s like the same alpha male movies everyone is making these days. All the bearded heroes step forth please. The story line is simple, the quest is hot headed and personal. Women are treated like… the way most women in the country are actually treated. I will say one…

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#Review #thoughts

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Lazy

Last night, I was speaking to a friend (let’s call him Dan) and he was talking to me about his ex and their breakup. In all the turmoil and the revelations, he also let on that his ex believed that Dan would hook up with me. I admit this is not the first time I have heard shit spoken about me, and it certainly won’t be the last. Through the years, I should be used to it all. I mean I have gone…

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#Journal

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Apart

Love grows over time, it deepens with age,It rises like mountains touching the sky,Its rivers meet oceans, quiet and dark;None seem to mind, or ask of it just why. But as the waters delve and the peaks soar,Distances widen, far out of arm’s reach;They say, that is how true love ought to be;They say, who do not do; but seek to teach. Time lengthens, and our bodies grow apart;Love takes for…

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#HsC285 #Love #mypoem #mypoetry #poem #poemblog #Relationship

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Home Away From Home

When my buas were alive, I had homes outside of my own to go to. My bedroom just got painted over and the last time that happened, I had stayed in Munni Pua’s (my elder bua) house for a fortnight. She took care of me like the parent she was to everyone she knew – I shall admit that I was beloved by both my aunts. They replaced the need of a father figure, which I never had. I would just have to…

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#family #Goodie Pua #Harwant Kaur #love #Munni Pua #Rajshri Khote

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Albus Dumbledore and Michael Gambon

The decade of 1997-2007 was a lovely one. Predominantly, because two of my favourite fantasy book series came into dazzling light. The Lord of the Rings that I had loved since childhood became the spectacular movie trilogy and the Harry Potter series breathed life into the fantasy genre and brought a whole generation back to reading. They took the world by storm. As I read the series, with…

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#Albus Dumbledore #Deathly Hallows #Michael Gambon

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Heartstopper S2

I finished watching the second season of Heart Stopper in one night. There are some wonderful moments in the season, and I loved the first one, and the second season was a worthy follow up. When we began watching the season, my partner said, “They are going to break up. What else are they going to show?” That made me think. First, he was right in thinking that, because of added viewership, the…

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#gay #heartstopper #heartstopper season two #netflix #Review

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Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani

I knew I’d like the movie. Because I am an Alia fan. Because I love old school family dramas. Because I enjoy Karan Johar’s direction and vision. I loved Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. And i wasnt surprised that I ended up loving this movie, too. RR has all the masala and the twists for a Bollywood hit. And it feels like a hit without a single macho punch being pulled anywhere on screen. It also hit close…

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#family #featured #Humanity #relationships #Review #Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani #thoughts

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Stalkers

I try to write a poem,When I am alone at night,When the snorers snore,In dull yellow light… I don’t get far?Emotions overwhelmAnxieties, and allergiesMix terror up with phlegm. I wish I could stop thought;I wish I could escape my mind;So I try aligning the chaos,In writing, and leave it behind. But emotions are bedlam,Mixed with my urge to know,So these lie awake with meAnd follow wherever I…

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#HsC285 #mypoem #mypoetry #poem #poemblog #poetry #stalker

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Rain

The rain falls, when I can’t be wet; It stops, when I want it to rain. In essence, it teaches me life, And quite a bit of what is pain. Falls in sleets, when I wear my best, And when I want to play, it halts; It teaches me nature – like me – Can have its own foibles and faults. The rain shows me how life works, By not promising any goal; I need to let go, it patters, For life, like rain, isn’t in…

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#HsC285 #Life #mypoem #mypoetry #poem #poemblog #poetry #Rain