indira babbellapati Poems

this glowing moon
i see on this special night
of kartika when chillness
slowly begins to spread
...

(in actuality)

we are not what we think we are
we are not what others think we are
...

born of nothingness
unto nothingness
do we return
...

kings fade
kingdoms too fade
vain glory is
what's left
...

through satiated
darkness spread in the room
a single audible breath
rose and reverberated
...

do i need eyes if they can't
shed one meaningful tear?
do i need lips if they can't
stretch in one spontaneous smile?
...

on this day of near total eclipse
i confine myself to indoors and brood
the scientific explanation vis-a-vis
my grandma's account of serpents
...

The unseen time
In its invisible flow;
How it takes us all!
...

my directions my days
my skies my dawns
my moonlight my wee hours
my rains my summers
...

now,
don't you conclude
my sleepless nights
are a cover for my
...