LALITHA JOSEPH Poems

Haunted by fears,
I tiptoed.
A safety net enmeshed me.
I am safe, I am bound.
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Desire belongs to others
I borrow it often
To understand
I am in debt
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Through the fissures,
pain oozed;
leaving stains,
crushingspirits.
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Rusty hinges creeked
A stick walked in front
Guiding a fragile frame.
It tapped the corners
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Boundaries blurred where
Sanity protruded into insane spheres

Measuring tape,
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I rolled the parchment.
It stinks of tradition.
I spread the carpet.
To hail the new age.
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She turned round and round
To summon the past
The life smelling of moth eaten books
Coffee houses resounding with heated deliberations
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Rivulets of pain,
Seep into the cells.
Cacophony of cosmopolitanism,
Clamours for audience
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