let the velvet shade of twilight’s touch melt into the oblivion of darkness’ greedy palms tonight, for the restless recipient acknowledges that it is only a conditional gift of time and that this gift is to be reimbursed when the unfolding commences, like a hatching shell which begets the birth of an unprecedented dawn… as …
Crawling Back to Life
By Nishat Akhter Confused, looking for answer She wandered, here and there. Distraught by her ruthless past She hoped this dark era won’t long last. When the time was flying As all her dreams were dying She cried for help. Failed, when tried to put an end Tired of being scared She felt smothered. Although …
The Truth
By Sarah Soha I followed the silhouette into the dark wilderness Winking every now and then were the fireflies She ran fast, her long raven hair trailing close. The moon betrayed her as it rained light upon her beautiful face. “I found you now”, screamed I The corners of my lips curling up. She was …
Footsteps
by Anachan FOOTSTEPS We come across many people in our life, Some makes us cry, some makes us laugh all the time. Some stays forever, some stays just for a while, Some makes us realize the value of a sweet smile. Some makes us dream about a very different life, And without even warning us …
Sapphire
By Aurin Shaila Nusrat Sun has gone crimson and sycamores have stopped to burn Sycamores, tossing in glee; hundreds of trees, thousand years old, straddle the road. Road that I racing west, Driving against memories. Memories, swaying like breeze, collide my car, vintage sapphire. The way never slithers and swirls, it just goes straight, under …
City and The Windows
By Aurin Shaila Nusrat Every window tells a story Or more than one it hides behind its curtain. Stories that never gets free And fuels the blood running through a city’s vein. Facades shattered after the midnight party when the elite young lady, in her mid-thirty, saw her mien on the opaque window pane and …
An Unnoticed Kite
BY KOHINUR KHYUM TITHILA That day, The sky was bright and blue, The meadow was full of happy children. They gathered to fly kites Blue,red,green,pink Colorful the kites were! Happy,free children And their kites. The sky was bright and azure, But I saw what one kite saw To her, the sky seemed gray forever. Then …
Monsoon Love
By Shashank Kushwaha i catch our sky’s caravan; fervently in wait; breezes poignant passing through; a heaven’s cloudy gate. i see the greys of solace lie; holding breath as if; until her love starts flowing on; stony mountains stiff. i catch the thunder in her hair; in brittle frames of rain; on grassy carpets soggy …
Memoir
Memoir; the blur of memories, an excerpt of reality, that existence which remains, in the depth of time related; Recoil; A dejavu in motion; we pass on through them, time and time again, feeling and seeing, the outlines of life, olden and distraught; Like a shot; in the darkness of life; stricken with shock, that …
Eulogy
By Maliha Mohsin One day, we will carve the rocks of the Earth, mark the smoothness of the snow that carpets the highest lands and kisses the heavens, and rub the moist dirt of the bountiful nature with tales- tales of the adventures that will dictate our lives, that will smudge the stiches holding our …
