On 18 April 2024, my first book, Pain, came out in paperback. This is an important personal milestone for me – the end of a long and tedious journey – and a lesson in overcoming fear and obstacles. Pain was
Overcoming fear and obstacles
To Ashish
I wrote this poem in 1986, 18 years old. The theme is heartbreak and the poem ends in a painful chant of disillusionment, denouncing love. Compare this poem to Verse to a God (1985), with its similar theme of a
Verse to a God
I wrote this poem in 1985, 17 years old. The beloved is divinely cold, almost like a statue. Compare the despair in this poem to the pain of unrequited love in Disappointment (1987) and to the disillusionment of Death of