Heart Sleeve
There is a window
There is a window
A crumpled piece of paper
Would you really know how searingly does injustice burn,
Over the constant undercurrent of rustling leaves, Biren heard the chirping of birds in the forest die. He took cautious steps towards Ramesh, who sat propped against a tree, bleeding. When he got closer, he found Ramesh motionless.
The bobbing twigs
"Thank God!" Ria let out a sigh of relief as she felt the cool waft escaping the temperature-controlled metro carriage on her face. The door had parted like a mother's embrace, but it became less inviting when the contents of the carriage spilled out, swamping her like slime.
I read
I tied the moon to
(The poem was first published in Gulmohur Quarterly)