Debanjana Saha: Favorites

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

wild boy.

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Mary Gay Kearns

Down the lane under the trees
Reaching the latch first, lifted it carefully and quietly not to
Disturb the reverie of the place but he and it was always a he
Came barking and bouncing full pace to see who intruded
No bigger then a foot high, like a bundle of curled white wire
He protestested.
Waiting for a retreat, seduced by his water bowl
Finally peace was restored.
Some days he was out on his walks.
Then the garden lit up without fire.
And we two children were the ones running wild.

Love Mary x

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Power of the smile

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Nylee

Power of the smile

The more it hurts
The more I smile
because the smile has the power
To make it useless.

#nyee #smile #power #more #hurts #pain #smiling #useless

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Your words IV

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Born

Your words IV

Sometimes writing poetry
is all we've got
Exclaiming our feelings with words
Is all we've got
Fighting for change with words
Is all we've got

Sometimes arming ourselves with haikus
Is all we've got
Exploding bitter pills with prose
is all we've got
Soothing our scorching wounds with sonnets
Is all we've got
Asking for mercy, love, unity and peace in repetition
Is all we've got

Sometimes writing poetry for you
Is all he's got
With every stanza he wrote, he bought a Ferrari
with every rhyme she wrote, she bought you a mansion
because
that's all he's got

So dream

Pray

Shout

Love

With words
because
that's all we've got

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Bluebell

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Mary Gay Kearns

Bluebell

You got her from the tailors
All neatly wrapped in pink tissue
Plenty of pretty dresses
But he did not attend.

The phone calls appeared promising
In the beginning, even excited
But then it was always six o'clock
And inconvenient.

Loving can't be part-time
Need is a regularity
Not a hundred pouches of food
When you promised to be around.

Bluebell smiles in the silver bracelet
A trophy baby for a quiz night
And you can't move on
Because your lighter is broke.

And you can't see in the dark
Because your scared to death
Because no one knows
Bluebell wriggles her toes.

Love Grandma ***

Love you beautiful Bluebell .

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Between The Threads

Apr 2018 Debanjana Saha

Poetic T

Between The Threads

Entangled thoughts hang him
                   between the realms
                   of reality.

                  The fine thread
                  that he hangs between,
the themes of life and imagination.

Soon to cocooned within comfort
                 of there reflections.
                 life or death between stands.

#depression #suicide #threads #relams #silk