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Step out with me into that empty space

Between utopia and heartbreak

A sickle moon lighting the silence

Shadows writing new alphabets

They say that the groom is not allowed to set eyes upon the bride until the wedding is performed. It is a century old tradition, where, at the ‘shubho-drishti’, the priest removes the banana leaves and man and wife look upon each other for the first time, the love-light in their eyes. 

You tiptoe across... 

She wipes her wet hands quickly on her crisp white apron before cautiously placing the plates on the drying rack. The dinnerware is pale, thin and fragile. The light from the kitchen window passes through the pristine discs, falling flat on the tiled floor every time she carefully places one plate at a time in front of the Mediterranean sun. 

some days i forget the forms love can take- falling for you was easy. in the absence of words, a language of our own. when someone asks where i met you, it's always on the way home. truth is, i never knew a home before you.