rita malhotra Poems

a house on the river
tattooed waves lap at the door
red grass smiles tall
sunrisebrush strokes paint purple
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gangrape

dumbstruck time
stands motionless
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on canvas

on black canvas
larger and deeper
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an infinity of images
make a language
myriad colours float in
from across oceans
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Tajmahal by night

A stir a shift, a feeble tug
wing flutters within
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Sari

sensuality personified
in the beautiful gait
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stone-smile

the riverside rock
bemoans its mute existence
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the pyre

sacred memories
solemn goodbyes
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the chess game

we first met over a game of chess
a common passion
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today as I sit to pen silence
unity of humankind
stretches its arms
across maps bereft of dots
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