The Poetry Marathon

a hope
of my son’s return
burnt grasses

chilly flakes
a sprinkle of my native land
on the pizza

a journey together
her surahi neck
on his shoulder

abandoned haveli
the glint of a silver anklet
from the last room

soft landing
this rough and tumble
of life’s path

the ruminative silence of my reflection train window

school project
mother’s broken bangles
in my Kaleidoscope

after the storm
an eerie silence
in the birdhouse

Rakshabandhan
the blue moon smiles
in a saffron sky

morning tea
a sprig of lemongrass
in the window