peace is a gravestone here; every evening i visit it with flowers
you know, trouble was supposed to be up your
sleeve—not in the soft way you sigh when you
inhale the smell of my shampoo or in the
sincerity of your eyes and how they never leave
me. i wasn't supposed to feel like you were
trouble when your stubble nonchalantly brushes
over my cheek and in the way your laughter
sounds when i ask you to shave. trouble
shouldn't be sitting in such places.
so why does it?
this poem is for you.
and you. and you. and you.
tanvi r
tanvi r
Do you love Akash?
Hahaha, I do. A lot, but he doesn't understand. ❤
Hi Tanvi! You write beautiful 🌼🦋
thank you so much 💕
rip my clothes off
till you can see
every bone of this body
screaming out for you.
& let me say your name
again & again & again.
till it melts in your mouth.
till your name is on your lips.
till your name is not your name,
but an anthem.
or a prayer.
& it's saying:
don't stop.
not tonight.
not ever.
tanvi r
tanvi r on Krishna, the ultimate player, and lover of Radha
they said things fall apart
and things fall in place
and i believed that
the moment we met.
but today,
my heartaches are getting more painful
than all yesterdays we hurt separately.
[my mind has become a calculator]
I'm always counting and trying to forget
these numbers.
but these numbers,
they're everywhere:
when i touch your cheek,
i see 368
and then when we kiss,
some days, i swear
211 burns in the back of my mind
and on the days
that i don't hear from you
it's 120?
79?
56?
baby, the thing is,
our hearts are not meant to be placed on timers
our ribs are enough of a cage for them
then why
does this pain
become so habitual
that today, i am numb?
my hand is outstretched,
not in a patient wait,
which is usual of lovers,
but in just a soft knowledge
that soon, it will be
38,
and soon it will be 12
and that 1 will come.
he says: "you're so soft"
as he touches me with rough hands.
all i see: a disaster in the making.
and in this big, bad world,
i looked and looked and looked
and at every corner
i found something i loved
so i plucked it softly
and put it in a world for myself.
(it has been the only way
i have survived this one.)
for me, there was love and then there were other things.
and i always thought that if i wait, patiently,
love will come to me. it did.
but i didn't know that for love to stay,
one had to run and chase,
crawl on their belly,
be true and fight and fight relentlessly.
i didn't know love was
to grow and grow and grow
till we became.
till we faded.
tanvi r
our ship had sailed,
crossed dangerous waters,
fought through ravaging storms
and fended off every pirate,
but look at us now.
the water has stopped
rushing,
now the waves are barely waves.
the world has come to a standstill,
and the compasses have gone awry.
there is no land for as far and wide
as we can see.
and on the mast, we stand,
staring at each other,
completely lost.