The kind of intimacy I share with my younger cousin brother, is palpable. There is a huge age-difference between the two of us, and the following post would make you think I am crazy, indeed!

Megh is a little 6 year old bespectacled boy, influenced greatly by those Hindi words spoken now-a-days in cartoons... his favourite and current obsession is the phrase "doodh-ka-doodh aur paani-ka-paani".

And he's one of my confidants . I confide a lot in him. I tell him each and everything. From what took place the other day to the imperceptible confusions roaming around in my mind. I know this is insane, there are a lot of risks in confiding your emotional and social thoughts to a 6 year old; but somehow, it makes me feel confident.

And of course, it also improves our brother-sister relationship.

But is this right???

For Longings...

Longing for the one moment of togetherness

for a fleeting glance of courtesy

for a distant voice echoing through the void

saying "Don't worry, I am always beside thee".

For a particle of sand that isn't wet on the sea shores

For a tear that would drop onto your palms

For a combined season of autumn and spring

For words in a long lost psalm.

I yearn for a faint voice

that keeps echoing in my dreams

An answer to my frequent searches

An accidental meet.

The paths haven't separated, they, in unison lie

Then why, behind the bushes, do thee hide?