I keep collecting whispers, torn letters,
and round cobbles.
Trapped you are in my mind, I want to anchor
in your space marked with dotted lines.
Your voice wafting the yellow aches
exacting, throbbing to my heartbeats.
I am unable to smidgeon your wounds and griefs,
your unsteady rotund gaze.
I am teaching myself to go with you
though I am not clear about this.
As I rewind the tapes, I remain floated
between shadow and light.
Other things being luminous, I walk along the
dark path with a little more tranquil.
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@gopallahiri
Picture Nick Victor
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Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 31 books published, including eight solo/jointly edited books. His poetry and prose are published across more than one hundred journals and anthologies globally His poems are translated in 18 languages and published in 19 countries. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize for poetry in 2021.
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