Poetry

Fall arrived with recurring echoes of the rift

Written byFahima Nahid November 19, 2022 Poetry

To me, fall arrived with recurring echoes of the rift. This time I knew exactly when I had to leave, a little before the truth slipped past my bubble of crafted oblivion. The twitch of epiphany waited for me and grabbed me by my flesh and skin and bones. It...

Every girl wants a prince

Written byMaseera Batool November 10, 2022 Poetry

Every girl wants a princeIt is not in the world indeedThe charm of the manHidden in linesThe novel of loveWhere reality declinesThe world may not love meMaybe I am not worthyBut I can love you completelyBecause you are beyond realityThe lines describing youIt makes me fall for youThe more I...

PRIVILEGED

Written byUrooma Niyaz November 1, 2022 Poetry

Braced with the laws of this Indian societyI have a right to vocalize my pinned anxiety Nevertheless, he looked me up with his eyesI’ll put allegations against him with all those wandering lies I own the privilege to cross the road with a green signal ontobut if I found you...

Dancing In the Night Alone

Written byAzmina Anwer Khan October 27, 2022 Poetry

Dancing In the Night Alone She had become swept away by his presencewhile they danced under the faint light of stars,Her white dress floated around his feetAs her hands gripped onto his. The moon is beautiful, isn’t it”? He spoke,Watching her gaze at him in awe. As her confused mother...

Why leave ?

Written byOindrila Pal October 20, 2022 Poetry

Why do people leave when angry?Infuriating under their breath and once the so tender eyes scowl, a flood of acrimony.Slamming the door shut, trailing behind the cacophony of the decaying time. Already?.Why was it this easy to leave after all these timeless hours together?Leave me as the mundane dust, accompanied...

You are the aid to my wound

Written byMaseera Batool October 16, 2022 Poetry

You are the aid to my woundThe spring tulips that bloomThe beauty that is trapped in my view Sunlight piercing through the cloudsResting on your fairy crownThe sparkling stones were dim before you When you held my hand in the crowdAngles whispered a little loudThat my heart is only owned...

There’s a simple, quiet girl

Written byAzmina Anwer Khan October 16, 2022 Poetry

There’s a simple, quiet girllost in crowded darknesswhere all that standsare painted walls of starkness a curtain of golden hair she pullsover her drawn expressionher presence drifts gingerly awayto a forbidden, forgotten direction a cry of a long-lost girlplease guide her to its magicdoubts swiftly, obediently fleeas does each memory...