AARGH! INDO-AMERICAN ENGLISH!

As a former British colony
But besotted with those darn Americans
We are just so very confused
Us poor contemporary English-speaking Indians

Is it an exercise in collusion
To add doubt and Bollywood vernacular
To a language widely spoken
Making it quite uniquely peculiar

When “realise” with an “s”
Is now perfectly acceptable with a “z”

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LADY OF THE NIGHT

Unseen all day
She comes to me
A nocturnal visitor
Snuggling in under the quilt
Engaging me in pillow talk
As I lie awaiting sleep

Sifts through every waking moment
A sieve, ever observant

LOVE’S RESPONSIBILITY

As I think of her
I think of dew drops
Delicate

Butterfly wings
Like gossamer

A spider web
Fragile

OPEN WIDE!

Open your eyes and see
Open your mouth and speak up

Open your door to your neighbours
Open your arms in welcome