Hot Summer Day
It was a hot summer day, and I was driving home along the countryside roads. The hot air and brilliant sunshine created grey shadows in the open grain...
perspective
Spin Story
I try not to stare at Jeeva and his BSA on the railway tracks at Maki Station, as the two freefall over the gravel slope in front of our gate. Jeeva...
Long John and the Longest Ride
He was a strapping young man in his early twenties, full of life and promise, who was about to embark on the longest ride of his life—one he...
My Friend
Two wheels of my cycle Are like my best friend, which help me to take a step to achieve my goals. Two pedals are the encouragement of a true friend, to put in...
Black Pearl
Going on the same ride My companion is in vain Time's not a problem, nor any season I call her 'black pearl" for some reason The same two wheels that slide I pedal...
Strangers on the Bike
Conversations with strangers never fail to entertain me, and New York City has provided me with more than enough strangers to talk to: on the train, at a...
All Around
Muzzle on my head when I'm waking up, Still, my friends ask, “Hey, what's up?" Drowning down my soul in a bottle of ice Days went in by the time ...
Dying Into the Infinite
Chotu did not dream about stars, but cycles, vanishing into his verdant village. The problem was that Papa would not agree to his soul mate. Too dangerous for an...
Transporting a Little Rocket
Year 1963, little place called Thumba Roads not so straight with potholes in between. Still, a cycle marching on the street The same route taken daily But instead of two, only one riding...
Woke Up to the Dread of the World
Wishing all breezes could sing me comforting rhymes Still furled up in the bed thread Wishing to be swirled up by some kind of dancing chimes Only silence lurked No birds chirped No...