Yamini Vijendran's Blog

I still cannot, for the life of me comprehend,Why you did this to me.I know I may never get answers,To the 'whys' haunting me every moment of my life.Yet, I continue to hope, that one day,Some day, you'll tell me why. I gave you a huge chunk Of my emotional real estatePut you on a […]

We all yearn for that shoulder to lean on when difficult times come calling. Some more than others, but we all, without exception, wish for unbiased, unflinching support. For that’s what makes us human. The human mind thrives and flourishes on validation. It feeds off of supportive actions and gestures, and it looks for empathy […]

Be open, they say.Be curious, ask questions.Ask and thou shall receiveBut when you do, you are deflected.When the questions get uncomfortable,When the questions get persistent,They run. They hide.They point fingers back at you.Call you sensitive. Call you an over-thinker,Intimidating, pressurising,Too much to handle.So that means,Culture works only till you complyOnly till you say 'Yes'.Only till […]

Life has a way of turning things on its head, in the way you least expect it to. These past few days have been tumultuous for me, and I am still making sense of what transpired. There are a lot of unanswered ‘whys’ in my head. I am well aware that I will never get […]

I trusted youSo deeply, So fully,So as to go to pieces In front of youI trusted youTo lay bare the deepest Caverns of my heartTo be vulnerable Like a leaf in a stormYou took that trustAnd shattered it to piecesYou cast away my feelingsAnd compared me to leechesYou broke meYet, I can not reveal the […]

Last week this time  I was awaiting a momentous occasion  I had been looking forward to it For months in anticipation  The moment inched closer and closer And past me, it went farther and farther That’s the rule of life, isn’t it? That’s how time works. Every moment, huge or tiny Every occasion, joyful or […]

Why do you despair, oh little flower, Searching the milling crowds around you Hoping to find that elusive bliss, When all the while, don’t you know, That what you look for without, Exists right within you? You are all that … Continue reading →

It was the sound of birds chirping in the bushes below that woke her up. She didn’t want to open her eyes though; the dream had been too good to be true, and she didn’t want to let go of … Continue reading →

Yearning Somewhere, deep within me, that little flame burns on. Silent, unobtrusive, endless it burns I try to think of other things, I try to do other things, But this yearning never stops. I want to be held close, want … Continue reading →