My Dear Friend!

Someday, somewhere, somehow Our hearts will intertwine Our souls will nurture Our destinies will cross. To that day, until the very end I wish you only the best, My dear friend! -Jeru

City heart!

My heart, is in a city it cannot reach, It reaches for the stars, faster than it leaps. It closes in, on the sweetest greet, And regrets, an honest midnight treat. My heart, is in a city it cannot reach, Miles away and hugs away. …

Prevail

Sad birds still flyDejected fish still swimNimble zebra’s still walkQuiet horses still neigh Hearts can still hurtBodies can still acheLove might still failBut you can still prevail -Jeru

I am a person

I am a personAnd so are youTogether we can be happy too You and IAre the sameDivided by just different taste Our ethnicities are funOur love’s wholesome I am the same personAs youTogether we can form a coup -Jeru

Only in my head

I think when I met you,I thought, you had to be differentSomeone that I imagined in my headSomebody that was more comfortable. I think when I met you,You seemed like someone that caredA friend I thought I could lean onA person I should hold on. …

All night long

Everyday whilst everyone sleepsI stay awakeTo write instead of sleep. I wonder whyThe darkness wakes upThe little devil that should be asleep. Some of the best workWas when my eyes were redAt 3am of the early mornings. Just at the crack of dawnThat’s when I …

Someone.

It is hard to be happy for someoneWhen your life is in shambles. It is hard to smile for someoneWhen your life is uncertain. It is hard to cheer for someoneWhen you can barely move your head. It is hard to be happy for someoneEspecially …

You

What do I doTo not think about youFor everytime I see youI want to kiss you. -Jeru

My baby.

My baby,  got me tongue tied.My baby,  makes me feel the rip tide.My baby,  helps me thrive.My baby,  is the same person I just buried alive… -Jeru

Time.

Let’s meet again, for the first timeOn a rainy day, in the night time. Sharing stories at the store, for chai timeAlways waiting for the day, you arrive on time. Now it’s long distance, in eastern standard timeNew friends and life, leaves no time. Let’s …

Something that wasn’t mine

I am losing somethingthat wasn’t mineand the feeling is hard to let go tonight I am losing somethingThat wasn’t mineAnd it is driving me to my darkest times I am losing somethingThat wasn’t mineAnd it eventually made me lose my mind. -Jeru

I lost you

I lost youIn high schoolOver the internetIn a second I lost youIn every wayAs a partnerAnd even a friend I lost youIn what seemed so suddenUnexpected turn of eventsIn the pressure of then I lost youAnd when I didAll I wanted wasYou, back in my …

SHE/HER

I can make a choice,For who I want to be orWho I have inside of me.For motherhood is a freedomAnd not a compulsion.It is a woman’s right,And the narrative she decides.For it is HER lifeAnd only SHE can make the decision. – Jeru

2020 for Change.

I believe in change,A change for a better future. Be it red or be it blue,Be it orange or be it green. Let the left help the right,And the world might finally unite. A change to a new reality,A change to save humanity. A fight …

Embrace

It felt like it happenedHappened just the other dayWhen we both lay to rest I felt a presence, a body so to sayLean in and pull me closerTo what felt like a warm embrace It felt like homeA clasp that made me calmerWhat made me …

Y.

We met physicallyBut not emotionally. I liked you ironicallyBut not realistically It seemed so heavenlyBut actually it was a tragedy I enjoyed it for it’s simplicityAnd cherished you for your humility You seemed like someone I loved initiallyBut you were what drove me to insanity. …

Bollywood!

It’s overly dramatic,And it makes you want to scream.It’s the dances and the gimmicks that..Make you cringe. It’s the extravagance,And the thick plot lines.It’s the sets and the locations that..Make a good film. It’s the romance behind the flower,And the flying kick with high power.It’s …

Start feeling like yourself

Start feeling like yourselfBecause the world is trying its bestTo keep itself afloatAnd make sure your life is robust Start feeling like yourselfBecause you owe it to yourselfTo keep your mental health intactAnd your body healthy enough to attack Start feeling like yourselfSo that you …

Local.

I miss the hustle,The sound of the working class,The sweat it drained. I miss the 8am chaos,The smell of chai,That aunty on platform five. I miss the fast and the slow,The feeling of being unknown,The music that played on my earphones. I miss meeting a …

Answers to your problem

Lack of answers,Is half the problem. Find the answer,Solve the problem. -Jeru

Some.

Some timesSome fightsSome oneMakes you lonesome. -Jeru

Mum

A ray of sunshine on a dark day.A humourous one liner to fill my day.A chat every morning, to make me feel okay.A supportive figure I need, even till this day. A fashionista all day everyday.A person with so much joy to give away.A person …

A tear

Is a tear going to heal a broken memory?Is a tear going to help a past injury?Is a tear going to mend a broken heart? A tear though, is what it is,another wasted water drop. -Jeru

I write because I can

I writeBecause I existI writeBecause I am wholeI writeBecause I can -Jeru

Who changes?

Things change,People change,Feelings change,But relationships, should they change? -Jeru

It’s over

It’s overI know it isBut why do I then fall back into it? Fear of how I will reactLife doesn’t seem like it’s on track.Things I want to say but I retract It’s overI know it isBut why then am I stuck? Maybe it’s the …

I need a break

I need a break,From youFrom usFrom this. I need a break,In lifeIn presentIn time. I just,needabreak. -Jeru

One for me

My friends say I am crazyTo think you are the one for meMy parents say I am unhingedTo think you are the one for meBut what do you think,about being the one for me? -Jeru

She.

I am not what I wearI am what I think I am not what I lookI am what my IQ dictates I am a SHEAnd SHE deserves more respect. -Jeru W/N: the featured image is a series of paintings I did, thought it was only …

American Dream

American dreamAdmist the turmoilIn quarantine styleMy heart is denied American dreamI am aliveLiving in styleDancing to jive American dreamAppeals to manyLost is every pennyYou are not so lonely American dreamLust for allGames need to be wonThe money is fun American dreamWish you were my realityLiving …