Quiver full of arrows
Bound with sorrow, lips quivering You stand there in disbelief The earth goes on in its random motion While the ground has shifted beneath your feet … Emotion laden waves heaving Won’t be released, no not today Because you can’t believe what you have lost No matter the world’s dictum, your heart simply cannot obey […]
Amrita ChowdhuryGrand Canyon
Seasons came, Seasons went, I silently stood, Braving them all. . The sun, the moon, The stars, the sky, I have witnessed them Across the ages. . The harshest winds, The coldest frosts, The torrential rains, I have harbored them all. . Layer by layer, Flake by flake, Sculpted and chiseled, I stand proud and […]
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Elegy
The year 2020, mid December, The last moon rose, I thought. My eyes closed under the glowing Winter light, branches bathed It seemed in a ghastly moonlight. ‘The end seems near.’ My mind repeatedly regurgitated. Unceasingly the machine beeped In the hospital, Shattering the last of my silences. I thought I’d pray, if I were […]
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