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Kelsey Banerjee Jul 2020
yesterday I saw you.
today only your scent remains.
tomorrow, that too will vanish.

you said
the ache for home rumbles in your chest.
I tried to sooth it with words
in the absence of medicine
or a plane ticket.

when you left I moved,
became an immigrant
and I understood what it meant
to live without living.

I forgo the mall mehndi,
the astrologer on his maroon cushion,
order from the pani puri wala
a samosa and small talk -
for a moment
we breach liminality
but then I owe him thirty rupees
and I go alone,
sitting safe from summer heat
snack untouched.

I wait for the monsoon and hope
you will return for the mangoes,
perhaps then I can tell you
everything I meant to say
yesterday.
Kelsey Banerjee Jul 2020
in this scorched, sun-baked season
we prayed for rain
and when it came
summer heat blazed
as if blooming,
polyester chaffed against
cotton, against skin sticky.
we filled our teacups with humidity
and decided the earth
knew itself better
than we.
Satvik gupta Jun 2020
They : Are we together  in this ?

Me : yeah , sure why not !

My inner self : I guess  , i m with them just like stars .
Appearing too close virtually  , but light years in reality!
Meera Jun 2020
It feels like yesterday
when a politician appeared on our doorstep
with promises of development,
employment
and better health facilities

He said
"we would turn India into
America"

The same politician was on our doorstep
yesterday
distributing masks and soap bars
among people
who can't afford them

When people expressed their
fear
over the growing number of
cases

He replied by saying
Don't worry we won't let
India turn into
America
How the tables have turned
Kelsey Banerjee Jun 2020
overcast
you sit
**** on mango skin
the juice on your chin
drips on
basil leaves,
your hands already wet
before the rain
we watch the yellow mountains
spring back to life
verdant, almost emerald
green foliage tender at the end of summer,
nourished by the dead roots
beneath softened soil.
Satvik gupta Jun 2020
Men do cry ,
But u won't hear that ,
Men do shy,
But you won't see that,

Because we are taught to do so !
"YOU AIN'T A MAN IF YOU CRY"

ultimately , this leads to sadness  , grief , melancholy  , not able to share things .

Anxiety , trauma , sadness breaches his heart and What option is left with him ?
Yes , to end this pain once for all .
This kind of mentality is so bad.

We do need a shoulder to cry .


A HAPPY FACE Always GIVEs  a FAKE SMILE .
We miss you SUSHANT  sir .
Kelsey Banerjee Jun 2020
a heap of rice
with small stones and salt
this red sari I am wearing
is a story
I cannot write.
So I am walking
with my bag of rice.
I give it to maa,
to you I give the salt
the stones I put between
today and tomorrow.

Bangla:

কত দেব?
এক গাদা ভাত
ছোট পাথর এবং নুন সঙ্গে
একটা লাল শাড়ি আমি পরা
এতা একটা গল্প
আমি লিখতে পারি না।
তখন হাটছি
ভাতের থলে সঙ্গে
আমি মা কে দিয়েছি
তোমাকে আমি নুন দিয়েছি
পাথর আমি রাখছি
আজ এবং আগামীকাল মাঝখানে।
Playing around, working with some Bengali vocabulary and trying to make a picture with some simple images.
Satvik gupta Jun 2020
We all are characters in this book called life
Satvik gupta Jun 2020
Break up is the price you pay for relationships !
Narayan Anamika Jun 2020
People are fragile,
Afraid of change.
They process a new development in their lives,
In a hurried and careless manner.

As if they can't tolerate the ripple,
It would cause in their stagnant lives.
It's as if, every now and then,
The incompotents are forced to display their brutality and animalistic urge through an inhuman act,
Which, after much difficulty,
They take into account,
And again seek solace in their mundane lives.

Swearing and cussing and all the while believing,
This won't ever happen to them.
In the wake of such mishaps,
There's only one thing they're really concerned about,
Why the newspapers and channels won't showcase their usual fundbazaar news,
Or whether or not a celebrity baked a cake in quarantine,
Or when will Ramayan telecast again,
As if the act of being oblivious,
Can cure their miserable existence.

I wonder what has become of us,
What will become of us.

I wonder how many sacrifices are necessary in order to change their perspectives,
Which lens would provide them with a clearer view of the world,
I wonder if i should bear a daughter.


I wonder.
And given the pace of this new world,
I guess, I'll always wonder.
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