Featured Poet SS 2019
Meenakshi Sharma is a Master’s student of English Literature at University of Delhi. When not hibernating, vacationing in a cave away from the human race, or in any other way out of contact, she can be reached at msmeenakshi394@gmail.com
Looking for Serenity
Blinded
by Earthly eyes, where is my ethereal vision?
Weighed down by the trials of life, into difficult submission.
Blinds
drawn upon the scenic beauty
Faithless following in the name of duty
the same woes, the same pain everyday
Guilt kept bubbled in, for it is here to stay
Endless
conversations, tedious discussions
same injuries, same concussions
Past runs ahead of the present, the ghosts never die
memories never fade, words never lie
Upon
the mantle of deceit, pass on this legacy
Open up the chained ghosts, finally set them free!
I selfish aye! Cruel, Cold-hearted
so says She, the willfully departed
Tired,
crushed, brow beaten – I bleed
These wounds should be long healed, indeed
Cruel currents of destiny, wash up on my shore
O Foul faced Fate, how much more?
Why
don’t you heal me, where is my soothing balm?
Why don’t your turbulent waters retire back to calm?
Let the past stand still, let me walk ahead
or let me meet the future with open arms instead.