Custody shuffle The time the girl’s laughter dies Heart in a turmoil

Buzzing all around When out photographing birds Hungry mosquitoes

Long buried secrets Reside in the old diary A Pandora box.

Cold monsoon morning The mist hides the distant trees Beauty amidst gloom.

The candle once out Darkness reigns supreme and fear rears its ugly head.

A branch of curry leaves Growing over to our side Curry intruder

No one raised their hands When asked to spell daffodils Blowing in the wind

Baptism ritual A forty-five-year old me In a swimming pool.

The couple walk away He is chasing his belly Her hips follow her.

We enter the lift Someone breaks wind on the sly Mad rush to get out.