Juhi Mahadikk   (Juhi)
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A doctor (Pathologist) by profession,
a writer at heart. ❤
Joined 25 December 2016


A doctor (Pathologist) by profession,
a writer at heart. ❤
Joined 25 December 2016
2 JAN 2023 AT 4:13

The roads are almost invisible. Even my car hesitated to start. Wish I had stayed home a little longer, had a second cup of coffee, just enough time to buy for the foggy skies to clear. But my restless heart told me yet again, to just take a chance. So here I am, slowly making my way to work, on a less than ordinary morning. Patience has become a lost virtue.

As I get on to work, the chain of thoughts continues. Which one I like more? A foggy sky that reminds me of Delhi or the blue sky of Little Rock, I wonder. Am I truly living in this moment or am I hung in time between then and now, like a piece of art in a museum, from centuries ago? I see three abrasion marks on my left wrist, each a cm long and parallel to the other, screaming of their existence and I’m surprised where they came from. My memory fails.

Today is gone, tomorrow is as uncertain as the number of times I will wake up tonight, sweaty and anxious. The clock tells me it’s time to sleep. I wonder who is more helpless? The clock ticking away, having no time to stop or a mind that knows how to stop but doesn’t. I retire to bed wondering.

Next morning, another year has passed…

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11 MAY 2021 AT 20:42

to not overthink about things not under my control. The pain may seem never ending, but life is longer than that. And to be able to know what more life has, one has to keep moving.

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15 JUN 2020 AT 0:12

Ever seen a bottle
with the lid on
and so full that
you couldn't make out
if it was completely empty
or full to the brim,
till you opened it
or perhaps lifted it,
to feel the weight?

Depression gives you
a similar feeling.
You don't know if you are
more empty of happiness or
filled with sadness to the brim.

You just know that
there's something
weighing you down,
every single moment.

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1 JUN 2020 AT 18:02

waking up to a world
where compassion would
rule the hearts of all
and hatred would sit
locked down
in the pages of history.

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26 MAY 2020 AT 0:49

Sometimes, it shuts itself away
like an irritated child
who's denied a long sought toy;
at others,
it slowly fills your senses
like the wafting aroma
of your favourite coffee;
and yet sometimes,
it engulfs you like a flooding river
determined to wash away all
that comes its way.

The fact that it doesn't have
one set size and form
is what makes it
so much and
very much,
love.

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17 MAY 2020 AT 18:30

To begin anew
doesn't need a set time
or location,
or all things bright and beautiful.
All it takes is a heart
that knows not,
how to stop hoping.

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2 MAY 2020 AT 23:23

Hold me like
you hold a glass of wine,
with nothing else but
a clear intention of savoring it.

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12 APR 2020 AT 6:25

I used to wait
for it to come out
and creep around
as if the earth belonged to it.
Many times,
I put a stone across its path,
see it strike the stone
and make its way around it.
Later, I learned that
if I touched it on the body
it would coil itself up
and become motionless,
perhaps pretending to be dead,
sensing danger.
Fascinated I was by its behavior,
as a child.

Now, as I watch your absurdities
from a distance,
careful not to intrude too much,
you come out and be yourself.
You have replaced
the millipede.

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9 APR 2020 AT 5:34

I exist
in your thoughts.
You exist
in my poetry.
Love knows
how to survive,
if only you let it
take over,
every once
in a while.

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21 JAN 2020 AT 8:16

Once again,
the birds are returning back
to the nests,
their half-open eyed chicks awaiting.
The sky is turning crimson
saying goodbye to the sun,
all set to welcome
the stars and the moon.
The street lights are lazily coming to life,
one by one,
after several flickers.

Each day as I sit looking out of the window,
I see the time passing by
to a destination I know not,
what doesn't pass though,
is a loving memory
of you and me.


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