Prathibha Nandakumar Poems

If I try to swim
He drowns me

If I stand still
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I am not your water
go find another pond
He forbids
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On this particular night
I shall not trouble you
with trivial
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To the earth or the skies,
To the waters or the land,
To the wind or to the long lasting feeling
of being pinned to the wall,
...

Your fears are my own.

With each step, light gets displaced.
Something travels in our interior landscape.
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Fear of the unknown and known
Fear of receiving too much love
Fear of someone holding a mirror
to your inadequacies.
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Remains of the dream
Hang on to my shoulder

Not touched by his lips
...

Beyond fear
I hunt the shadows

His ex and current and future
...

Tell me a tale
Let there be seven seas, thunderstorms,
fire-spitting dragons in it.
Let there be a pearl-eating pet parrot
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The eyebrows are
someone's underarms
Lips are from an ad for
canned something
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