The Mystery Book

Reverberations

Exuberance (from Facebook)

Charisma

Drawing by Meena

Lush jade jungles

Tracks un-trodden

Lead into the anonymity.

Silence drizzles dew

The grass is still wet
The sun sets on the back of the camel
Deserting daydreams.

The night unlocks

the mysteries

Potency

Digital Painting by Meena

Thoughts immersed verses.   

A rhythmic fantasy  

Pondering in the mortal failure;  

bursting shadows, 

a lifeless poise   

potent enough to unite 

the clinging povertyof a sterile substance. 

-Meena Chopra

#canlit #poetry 

Metaphorical

Drawing by Meena Chopra

Separated

from the start

I longed to be with you. 

Submerged in a silent moment. 

But it was the void

that greeted me,

not you.

Emptiness all over.

Nothing satiated.

Nothing fulfilled.

Ignited Lines

Sensitive fingers

Drawing by Meena Chopra

touched the soft mud

igniting the lines

in my palm.

Sun's brittle brightness falls,

earth evaporates

in a thin layer,

glazing a clear sky.

Aghast I am !

My flesh tingles. 

A restlessness

empowers me

wanting the mud

once again

in a tight grip.

My fingers tremble

drinking the soothing vapours

emitted from the impressions

carved on my hands.

 -Meena Chopra

#canlit #poetry

A Death, A Beginning

Have you ever searched?

Your lost self

unfolding those

ruthless cold nights

inside me - ?

Ever dreamt?

The blazing honesty of

my unyielding

unborn

unprotected

vulnerable naked - self

in your arms,

Tangled in Time

Digital Painting by Meena

Past, Present,  Future 

Dusty Barricades, 

Symbols dissolve  

I plunge back 

float and delve.

But,  

I stick to the moist damp earth

fearing devastation.

Instant In Motion

Trimmings

Drawing by Meena

old and torn

change in

the flowing stress,

a garb,

hard cover,

hiding an instant

to be touched

to be in motion.

-Meena Chopra

#canlit #poetry