poems – Page 3 – Madras Ponnu

BY madras.ponnu April 9, 2019

did you or did i?

you claim to know me, the toxicity i grew up with the toxicity i built in me. the pain it took me, the pills it took me, the time it…[...]

BY madras.ponnu January 21, 2019

an orange squeezed is orange juice

when forced into a corner, pushed to the brink, when wrung dry and lifeless, what comes out of you, what you make of you, is who you are. who you…[...]

BY madras.ponnu October 2, 2018

little love, leaves and red ants

a picture i can snap of you, while you chew your lip over an email. a foot in my lap, as i sip coffee in the terrace. your fingers that…[...]

BY madras.ponnu September 4, 2018

migraine

this time i dont fold i dont give in i dont curl up i dont wish to die this time i feel seek solace the sting outside is worse than…[...]

BY madras.ponnu June 28, 2018

what hannah said…

that amazing feeling, the validation of a belief. that you were right, while someone else was not. but for the very first time, she told me i was right. i…[...]

BY madras.ponnu May 13, 2018

happy mothers day… to me

you made me a mother even when i am not. you made me a mother even when i cant. i put you before me i dint know when or how.…[...]

BY madras.ponnu April 18, 2018

how do you fight your fight?

how do you fight? how do you fight your fight? do you stay firm and fair? go by the norms of the masses or the ones made up by you?…[...]

BY madras.ponnu April 4, 2018

no mud no lotus

decisions that take you forward, decisions that halt your pace. what makes us do what we do? do we truly chose our place? are we mere players of chance, in…[...]