The slip between the cup and the lip
Dominates my troubled existence

वास्तवावर चढलेली नात्यांची पुट
बाजूला सारून
मी सत्यात जगण्याचा प्रयत्न करतोय

Dhaval Kulkarni
Mumbai, September 28

It is perhaps
the fragility
of it all
that comes to the fore,
when relationships collapse
under the weight of expectations

- Dhaval Kulkarni
Mumbai, September 27, 2009

The Trial

"Like a dog!" he said: it was as if the shame of it must outlive him
- The Trial, Franz Kafka

In a sudden motion,
the sands of destiny swept
away from under my feet.
A relationship,
nipped in the bud
before it could blossom.
The indignity
and the final condemnation
while standing to trial
for crimes unknown


- Dhaval Kulkarni
Mumbai, September 26, 2009