Tag Archives: love

The Olfactory Instinct: What emotions would smell like – Part 1

Once, on a TV show called Heroes, I had seen a character who could see sound in the form of colorful streaks of light. Even recently, I read an article about inter sensory perception (I am not sure if that is the technical term but sounds right to me). This prompt gave a chance toContinue reading “The Olfactory Instinct: What emotions would smell like – Part 1”

Prompt Sunday: A Rough Night

Prompt: You have to write an article (anything of your choosing, it could be a piece of fiction or poem or anything really) and you have to include the following lines in it: “We writhed in pain but it was in pleasure, Now the bruises just tell a story of disaster.” A Rough Night There isContinue reading “Prompt Sunday: A Rough Night”

Light

Black be the name of the night,It’s stillness beyond refrain,Torn from the vestiges of light,All visions cloaked and slain Unguided, this walk, somewhere,No journey do these feet make,Until I see you, you’re there,O light, through the shadows you break You catch my eyes, you glint,Then you look away, there still,The wind makes you sway,Like theContinue reading “Light”

Epiphany

Standing in the dead barren landlooking at the ashes from the skiesburned down all the helping handsproliferating dreams in our eyesWe’ve broken all the hopes,gone past the rows of thornsNow days are merely trophies,on the throne of skulls they adornVindicated, we stand guilty now,somehow stuck here, you and I,Killing each other by the minute,Bleeding outContinue reading “Epiphany”

Hometown Diaries #1: Society

Whenever someone asks me the location of my home in Kharagpur, the answer I give often incites unique responses from them. The reason for that is, the name of the place in the local terminology is “Society”. Yes, that is the name. Officially named ‘Hijli Co-operative Society’, rarely is the full name used. Now thatContinue reading “Hometown Diaries #1: Society”