Rewinding Life
As I draw the curtains of my eyes, My ears imbue with a sweet reprise. The Mohagany that I quelled, Is rocking me to eternal sleep. Echoes ring from the corridors, Maa pleading ”Baban one morsel more”. The languid heart is prodding the eyes in slumber, A little child I could remember. Running bare feet […]
Aarti RoyBut I Don't Want…
But, I don’t want to rewind! Why do the memories haunt me? Why do the faces flash before my eyes? Neither I can get them back, nor do I wish to! Some stings still lie fresh, Like the hot molten wax from the dying candle The unhealed wounds, the sleepless nights The woebegone me abhors […]
Amrita MallikUntil Next Time
I’ll watch you, dazed… On the other side. As your eyes mime A charade, Of what I feel inside. Or is it my heart That beats in tune, With the frequency Of your baritone? You see, That’s the thing About your magic. I never know, If it’s you, Or the voice inside me. Sigh! There’s […]
Sanjukta Ghoshal