Debashree B

Mother Having lost you Silvery pearls roll down Eloquent mournful elegy Engraved * Pearly Cascading drops Drench unvoiced emotions Flickering glimpses of yore bid Adieu ** Silent Barren bosom Emotions ravaged soul Brooding eyes glistened, lament Billow * Lonely Melancholic Crestfallen desolate I pray for a magical healing Within * Holding onto the last Pedicle […]

“Leave me alone” I implored Pleading clemency, I couldn’t afford Jaded and dejected I yearned for peace All this abhorrence must immediately cease. * Months bled into melancholic years None noticed my silent tears The scars are my confidante now They seem to comprehend my pains, somehow. * Torn ‘n tattered Beaten ‘n battered As […]

I’m dark, I’m power I embrace the hope to empower * To accept, to acknowledge, to appreciate For I’m not just a “color”, doomed by fate * My skin color is my asset, my pride Though my unvoiced emotions, vividly pictured “apartheid”. * Amidst dark mist and fragmented dreams, I rejoice with glee Causing the […]

As the darkness surrenders, The vibrant new dawn greets The sun rises as a canopy of gold, Bright amidst the chirpy tweets * The ambrosial zephyr Soothe even the restive souls Stirring emotions, Bringing sweet memories that time stole * The susurration of leaves, Now and then Whispers sweet nothings Time and again * The […]