9 Quotes by Nalini Priyadarshni

There is no anti-aging more potent than a young loverbursting with lust for your middle age vulnerabilitywho pulls you out of rut with his arduous banterand make you whole again with his benevolent smirk

Nothing sends patriarchy scuttling under covers of proprietyfaster than rambunctious peals of laughteremanating from rubicund lips

I will never know, neither will you, the life we didn't live Filled with beauty and love and joyous perfection but not oursWe embrace our being when we accept the path to our becoming

Forgiveness comes much later if at allSometimes after a lifetime of negotiationWith your demonsWords you could have saidOr left unsaidBruises you could have hiddenWith a little make-upAnd things would have been just fineUntil the next time

guilt and discontent are my inheritanceA stranger to acceptance, embarrassed by attention I am stuck at forgotten crossroads everything I remember turns to ashes when touched by sunlight

Sprawled on the shore of foreverWe are time travelers Talking to each other acrossDusks and dawns of tomorrows Toasting our marshmellowsIn the bonfires of yesterdays Sipping amnesia we pour intoEach others cups to heal Wounds on our feet that keepChanging shapes of our joyrneys

Nothing ever diesit only changesinto something elselike old songsthat blow gentlyinto new earsto find new meanings

Shame is the best weapon after fearin the arsenal of patriarchy ammo of choice for its sari draped agents to keep young women in line lest they sprout a tongue or mind of their own

We nurture the highest in each otherwithout depleting granary of our offeringwe pour ourselves out to make roomfor the best is yet to come.