Chhavi Anupam

There is
me,
well draped,
restrained,
...

Do I count
the days
since you left
till the time…
...

As soft as a fluttter
of a butterfly
on my dew-moist skin
triggering
...

I am a
small town girl,
literate enough
to read
...

On that turn
of the valley
is an engaging
dreamy brook,
...

A tiny bird
chestnut coat,
crimson crest,
hops from branch to branch
...

Again the night
will shift
slow, steady, somber,
...

He has
left home
never to
come back.
...

A night’s flight
touches down
upon the hills,
to halt by the
...

You gaze
at me,
to divinize,
a rock,
...

Ganesha you are bountiful
benevolent,
generous, so kind,
...

This long
placid stretch
of sand
on the beach.
...

That chance meeting
the very first one
tickles me
till today.
...

I cry in strange agony
In pain
but my wails and sobs
don’t reach you
...

Like forest parrots

Wish to be like
parrots in deep forest
...

The joy you unleash
is celestial,
which heart will not flutter
at the sight of your vibrant
...

Never before
have I witnessed,
such a breath-taking
constellation,
...

I stand
on the grassland,
moist deep
tender leaves,
...

In my plush
official ambassador
that rolls
on the road,
...

Have you
ever felt
confident
that you
...