Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

~ Catharses ~

"in my body there's a huge pearl weighing as much as ten copper coins."

- Rumi

my shadow pops out

with the sphere,

like an oyster

of sea's plight

weighs and polishes

and turns it moon

every night

shines and melts

the shadow

which carries

turns me

feathery light

[C A T H A R S E S]

every time i sense

the crumbling night

something, as much

as a huge pearl

weighs inside

~turning cacti~

healing is sliding

inwards, it fetches not

a trip of comfort in heat

of sun which rides on back

daily, adding its mark

of agonizing glory.

that mark which you see

is external, like

a smoked fabric on skeleton

there's no pain, no prickle,

no sting of heat

- interregnum -

when all is burnt,

a thing longs to live

turns in heart, mind and soul

into cacti.