Amrita Mallik

When I sit down thanks  write the mind drifts away, I cajole it to focus on the theme, but it audaciously refuses, The pending chores or those of the next day, suddenly gain limelight, And, then I get vexed, admonishing my elfish mind for troubling me, But, no, it doesn’t care, it doesn’t love me […]

Victory is clichéd, you’ll say, I know, but let me try it differently. Let me see how can I pen down, My ideas about victory or triumph. . Two hands reject their grudges and differences, And merge themselves in a single dot, Celebrating achievements and sharing miseries, Thereby, ushering in the winning of humanity. . […]

Under a different sky I wish to be born, Where the world is painted in love, No differences, no biases, no deliberate abhorrence, Set me free, O, Lord, and take me with You, I’ve heard You treat everyone the same, And, I wish to bloom like a pretty wildflower, Irrespective of where I’m planted, Smiling […]