Sanjukta Ghoshal

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 […]

Pain… Hide them, In your dark folds, And layers. To be relished At leisure, With care. Or grill them, In the raging bonfire And devour them, With a burning desire. Or drown them. With ice, In a cocktail of despair. Down them, To get high On misery and torment. Or better, Pour them on the […]

Tonight, the colour is blue. My blue saree that once sent tingles down your spine- Like a first kiss, when I wore it every time- It’s haunting me : Tonight,the pain is true. Tonight, the rain is overdue. I’ve been holding back this torrent for long, But the pregnant clouds tonight don’t seem as stubborn, […]