Drip. Drip. Drip. I lay, palms to sky,Eyes burning deep into the fluorescents.Shallow breath comes and goes without resistance. Nurses enter and exit,Unnamed, unfaced, white ghosts,One after another. They speak.I reply.They leave. Drip. Drip. Drip. Alone again.I am nothing …
Category: Poetry
‘Being Human’ by Muskan Sheth
Is this reality?A prolonged nightmare I’d say.Looks like life has a great sense of humor,But it’s not us who’s laughing. Such fragile beings,Yet we live so indifferently,Is this naivety wrapped in ignorance?Or truth shadowed by denial?Questions I stumble upon,More often than I’d like. Surrounded by forced smiles,fake optimism, and hidden uncertainty.But, hope remains the only …
‘Nasturtium’ by Jenny Chen
You sprungamong thirty beakers by the window of a high school classroom,water in glass, blanketed by oil,anchoring leaves of a plantmisidentified as mallow.Sturdy and green, with eight radial veins like the fingers of a supplicant hand,you led us to pluck you from the parking lot’s edge,where the flowers blared like trumpets,in petals of five,in hues …
‘The High Wire’ by Patrick Takla
The wind cuts deep, and my blood pulses in defense.My arms shake, and the pole rattles with annoyance.The rope is tight; time to commence.First step wishes to be buoyant.A distant goal, the end of the wire;One foot in front of the other. Tests and quizzes cause a sway;Research and internships loosen the slack;White coats for …
‘heir’ by Sana Desai
there’s a stranger in this roomand she’s uninvited, sitting quietly on the other edgeof this hospice bed, in my blind spot.but he can see her, he always could. when my back is turned i don’t see how she turns him into …
