Life is a pickle, nothing more nothing less.

Gooseberries and Betel Nuts

While every relation is 

another pickle

the more it would taste,

the longer it's preserved

with all care as

no mildews

could affect as much 

would it last.

It's takes the right amount

of all ingredients 

spicy yet bitter

salty yet sweet

inippu

kasappu

pulippu

And how wouldn't I stop eating 

gooseberries and betel nuts?

when it's the whole lot of experience, 

that's the most expensive.

And so will all relations

taste the most candy, 

giving in some bitterness

when it draws in years of 

building bonds

and add delicacies as pickles

in each sumptuous meal of life.

© Parvathy Ramachandran