The universe I know thus far is filling
up with the cosmic dust.
The air still blows over the city, unlike therapy
it brings darkness in the spine.
The moon leaks into shadows and
excites the frayed nerves.
Silver night recreates the familiar at the
stillness’s fragile edge.
If your life is burning, save my words
in the shape of volcanic ashes.
Through the slanted rays, the dawn
turns them to the furry petals.
I move closer, I stay numbed,
like scribbled sutures.
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Gopal Lahiri
Picture Nick Victor
@gopallahiri
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Gopal Lahiri is a bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer and translator with 32 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.
His ‘Selected Poems’ was published recently.
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