secret hell.

To dissolve into unyielding nothingness
is not difficult.
all you need,
is a heart that doesn't feel,
senses that do not perceive;
a being that negates its own existence,
by the virtue of not wanting to exist.
a soul that is faithless,
faith that is baseless;

spirit smothered in the mundane duet of time and survival.

A long haiku

caress inanimate objects
kick the landine
the instrument of my affection

postcard lessons [3

This is for,

two brilliant girls, 

two brilliant aquarians 

and me. 

sum total= 4.

[Happy Birthday Tris <3 ]

(c) Meghana Naidu

www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com

Photo information:

Brussels,

Oct 19, 2006

Exposure: 1/50 sec
Aperture: 2.6
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The borderline series

"think"

(c) Meghana Naidu 
www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com 


Jan 29, 2010

ISO: n/a
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New song.
(because sometimes you've got to forgive songs and let them take your breath away, again)

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it.

99. 

99 blog posts

48 poems

11 original photographs

assorted indulgences and 

a myriad idiosyncrasies later, 

i realise that The invisible counter has been ticking, 

(despite my repeated attempts at ignoring blog birthdays 

and other  momentous landmarks)

but now, it freezes.

and i'm left staring at a number, 

which would mean nothing to me If not for the blog.

If not for the blog, i'd have never 

crossed paths with some of the most 

amazing people in my life right now.

and that, is a HUGE understatement.

(you know who you are; 

and i love you, 

every one of you)

for this, i'm thankful. and willing to surrender 

to the retrospection that the 100 brings.

The 100th entry, however, is not mine. 

Instead, these words belong 

to the one constant in my life

beyond everything else, 

my soul mate, 

my best friend, 

I'll take the liberty of calling her following poem  "Oasis"

She says:

"This is dedicated to those who have stood by me, 

all those times when the sun set 

and there was no hope. 

There is no strength bigger than love. 

If it offers none of that strength, 

then it is not love at all."

"Oasis"

Its past midnight
And I don’t want to wait for the sun tonight
I have lost many ‘todays’ for tomorrows
I don’t want to wait for the sun tonight

Yearning for voices from hope and love,
Dreaming of that precious hand,
I have lost many ‘todays’ for tomorrows
I don’t want to wait for the sun tonight.

While my tears drop in regret,
Of all that is lost and will never be me,
I have lost many ‘todays’ for tomorrows
I don’t want to wait for the sun tonight.

When the sun shines tomorrow,
And casts his warmth upon me,
I will be deep asleep and be glad
I didn’t wait for the sun tonight.

PS: the song she picked.

adorable rascal #3 frame 2 & 3

 frame 2 "options"  

Jan 19, 2010

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frame 2 "sweet delight "

Jan 27, 2010

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more here "Belaku" 
(c) Meghana Naidu 
www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com


__

special, forever.

i will not 

celebrate today, today is not 

the one; because 

if i did,

what will i do

with tomorrow,

and the day after,

and many more to come?

i will not 

celebrate today, today is not 

the only one. 

absentee love

somebody un-followed my blog today.

can i thank you?

numbers ending in 6, 9 and 1

upset me

a lot

55; Now there’s a tidy little thing.

50 is just plain disappointing;

55 however, has all the

promise of the future and the

balance of the present,

and the world is stable again.

Danger averted.

postcard lessons [2

(and, i know you will)

(c) Meghana Naidu
www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com

Photo information:

Le Grand Place

Brussels,

Oct 19, 2006

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They sang

adorable rascal #3 frame 1

"Belaku"

(belaku: kannada for light) 

(c) Meghana Naidu
www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com

Jan 19, 2010

Exposure: 1/60 sec
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funhouse

this trapeze act 

does not draw curtains;

it cuts its own ropes

to approving applause

they sang

Glimmer

fear the smile
fear the smile
fear the smile

the buried malevolent grin's only reflection is the soft curve of the upper lip.

postcard lessons [1

Brussels 

(c) Meghana Naidu

www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com


Oct 19, 2006

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Aperture: 3.2
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New words New song 

adorable rascal #2 frame 2

how you doin' 

Photo information

(c) Meghana Naidu

www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com

Dec 25, 2009

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adorable rascal #2 frame 1

nik "the silent worker"

Photo information

(c) Meghana Naidu

www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com

Dec 25, 2009

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Neurotic Poet: "E. E. Cummings"

maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea


-

E. E. Cummings

adorable rascal #1

"cherry baby"

Photo information

(c) Meghana Naidu

www.subtle-signs.blogspot.com

Dec 25, 2009

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Aperture: 2.6
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and i smile

tiny snatched 

pockets of time

threaten to drown

an entire year 

of words 

and thoughts 

and memories

of songs

and lists

and fantasies 

so maybe

i'll let them.