Sreesha Divakaran > Quotes

“No, I don't miss you... Not in a way that one is missed.
But I think of you.
Sometimes.
In the way that one might think of the summer sunshine
On a winter night...”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“He craved silences and solitude. He simply could not get lost in another person’s life.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, A Little Chorus of Love

“Let's live a lie for today.
You’ll spin tales
and pretend to love me.
And I'll smile; you’ll not realize it’s fake
Then I’ll pretend
your pretensions don’t cause me pain.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Wine, Fire, Satin, Dew

“You don't fade from within my mind; it's a flaw
That I dwell on each moment, cling to you
Like smoke escaping my fingers while the candles burn them raw”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“Your silences remain; they are your biggest mask.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“How is the duration of a relationship relative to what those involved in it feel?”
― Sreesha Divakaran, A Little Chorus of Love

“And then there was the way you cast your gaze,
A coldness so chilling that it could cause a fire.”
― Sreesha Divakaran

“Erupting like fiery autumn leaves between silks
as skin meets skin
flames that lick everything
and consume all there is.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Wine, Fire, Satin, Dew

“I pour blood on my naiveté, your apathy, and your betrayal tonight.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“Vanity remains a feeble weapon
The delusional wearer of it considers herself strong”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“Darkness disturbed
By the haunting white moonlight
Grey half clouds fail to contain
The moon's lust for the night.”
― Sreesha Divakaran

“In that moment, hell may have ascended,
Or heaven may have descended only to save me and prove,
What I carry is an exaggerated memory of an imagined beautiful love.
This love is tainted with treachery; it will be my doom.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“What ravaged my mind was the thought.

The thought of you.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Wine, Fire, Satin, Dew

“And what part of me will begin
To forget you first; the sudden
Pains that shoot to my bruised palms
As I think of you in the cover of the dark,
Or the invisible hand
Clutching at my heart, as it knocks against its savage cage,
Or my still swollen lips
As they remember the touch of your gentle fingertips?”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Those Imperfect Strokes

“Pretension, dear love, does not buy truth into lies, nor alter its course.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Wine, Fire, Satin, Dew

“Somewhere between the corner of your eyes and the corner of your lips, my love for you was gone. Was I ready to tell you or was I to leave my deception by the chair for your to discover after I was gone?”
― Sreesha Divakaran

“An ambitious, paradoxical world we live in -
of short attention spans
paired with the massive fear
of being forgotten too soon.”
― Sreesha Divakaran, Wine, Fire, Satin, Dew

“But only when I hear those knocks
Accompanied by that question they all ask,
Curious about how you are,
Does realization dawn with a jolt,
You and I don't talk anymore.”
― Sreesha Divakaran

“Let storms rage
In the world outside;
Fires rise from hell
Stay, beloved,
From here to eternity,
Should chaos consume us
Or death annihilate us.”
― Sreesha Divakaran

“Grief lets you indulge in it, so that it can feed itself.”
― Sreesha Divakaran

“27 Places Where You Won't Find Love


1. The spoon with which you measure salt
2. Plastic plates stacked neatly on a shelf
3. Flowers - marigolds and chrysanthemums and roses - and the shop that sells these
4. Earrings lost in the backseat of a tuktuk while looking for the Malayalam translation of "I love you" in the dark
5. Bookshelves with borrowed books, never read
6. Fifty watches, three of which were for sale
7. Coffee whose flavor was slightly off
8. A red bridge that goes by gold, which has replicas everywhere
9. The replicas themselves
10. The rearview mirror of a car
11. The burnt sienna pavement where you hurt yourself
12. A protein shake whose taste grew on you thanks to someone else. With eggs and coconut and toast
13. An island untouched by civilization
14. Another ravaged by war
15. A declined invitation to brunch
16. Dinner gone cold after a long wait, and thrown away the next day
17. An unacknowledged text message
18. Laughter ringing through a movie hall during a scene that didn't warrant it
19. Retainers stored in a box next to baby oil in the medicine cabinet
20. A gold pendant
21. A white and red cable car
22. A helmet too small for your head and another too large
23. Dreams with their own background score
24. Misplaced affection
25. A smile between strangers, with you standing on the outside looking in
26. Your bed
27. The future”
― Sreesha Divakaran