Divorce

You are like a malignancy
That has corroded my system
Eaten into my vitals
My heart, veins and soul
Stubborn,
Like the stain of our relationship
That refuses to go away.

- Dhaval Kulkarni,
Mumbai, May 27, 2011

ghalib

Hum ko maaloom hai jannat kee

asleeat lekin

Dil ke khush rakhney kay liye

Ghalib khayal achha hai

-- Ghalib

(I know the truth about
paradise

But it is a good idea
to keep one’s heart happy).

The Myth, The Reality

You are the myth, the reality

The second does not pause,
Unforgiving,
I am just a blip on the map.
Beyond the realm of consciousness,
You are but an aberration,
A reality yet unstained,
By the ravages of time.

-- Dhaval Kulkarni,
Mumbai, May 10, 2011