Clouds, Convergences & The Art of Not Knowing

21 Boxes

Once, they were ours.21 boxessealed and numberednow a distant cargo of memoryadrift for monthsacross waters toward the Bay of Bengal. In a shipping container they layin the solitude of Kolkata portpaused between borders and mountainswhile a dark play unfolded across the world. A mystery unsolvedin the reign of Corona.We were not reunitedwith the pieces of our former home. In them drifted familiarity:the scent of blankets…

Weaving Threads and Dusting the Cobwebs

Restrained by the relentless monsoon rain whilst the dung beetles roll in glee, I settled on the balcony, watching the vastness of life before me. The black birds frolicking in the dew of the trees, acquiring scruffy crests drenched in mischief. A spider floats into eye view hanging playfully on her thread from the edge of the ceiling, in search of a meal. She spots…