Ananya N

I dream I'm the only one left in this world
To drink from the waters of shimmering rivers
To lie under the open skies dreaming
Of then and now
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In the sweltering heat of midday
Shadows of black smoke cloak the blue sky
As a crackling fire sets ablaze
The burning earth
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Ancient banyan in quiet solitude
With outspread boughs
Drapes tresses of a pensive sage
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When trees wed
Flowers are shed
Colored deep vermilion red
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An eclipsed moon
A silhouetted path
Dismembered contours of the dark
Cast me into inescapable gloom
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A frozen silence descends
As a frigid sky meets the glaciered earth
As Pearls of snow drizzle
Painting the earth a pallid white
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I was drowning
Drowning in the stifling air of the night

As I fought back tears
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