Lost ideals

Cynics are simply lost idealists who cannot see a way to their dreams.

Shell Daruwala, 20 November 2013

Love's irony

the
        DEEPER
                          I
                               fall
                               feel.
                          I
         TALLER
the

Shell Daruwala 2012

Home roast: a short poem

Seeds spin green to warmth and whirr. Now golden their translucent skins dance skyward on sweet honeyed air. A crack, a pop replete and brown. The job's complete - let them cool down.

Shell Daruwala 13 November 2013

Bonfire night

Some twice his height they cowered
On Lewes' burning streets
Reduced to quaking shadows among the ancient beams.

Calmly the boy soldier smiled
His torch flaming high
As fiery hell's own maelstrom shook the very sky.

Shell Daruwala 
6 November 2013