Your every word feels like a needle piercing a million holes in my heart, When you look at me up and down and scrutinize all intricate details to find a flaw, I stand there with my head hung low and bleak eyes and clenched jaw. All you want is the best version from me, WhenContinue reading “Bleeding Pipe Dreams”
Author Archives: Riddhi Chakraborty
Bitter Perfection
The gleaming rings that adorn her slim fingers, The earring that dances oh so nimbly like she does; Grace and agility at their peak, Even rocks melt when she speaks. Her dresses, modish and enticing; every eye on her lingers. She smiles endearingly like a princess but the people call her queen. She climbs herContinue reading “Bitter Perfection”
Sweet 2021
Sweet 2021, You presented to me a shooting star. Glinting, blinding, brisk and swift. Then, withdrew it, conspiring to save it for later. You gave me, at your onset, sunshine and rainbows, flowers and flamingos, poetry and flourishing meadows. Then, in one swish wiped it all away, at your end, with floods and droughts, hurricanesContinue reading “Sweet 2021”
Memory Lane
The chilly, frigid evenings roll in one after another as I gawk out of the window with droopy eyes. Guffaws of pretentious men and women permeate in living rooms- chatting away, neglecting the presence of one. Waking up to grating, irksome alarms with a vacant, poignant space beside me and a home ample of peopleContinue reading “Memory Lane”
A Goodbye Before A Hello
Your bronzite eyes glisten with tears. Your heart was a rose petal and I ripped it, And you wonder how the puzzle pieces don’t fit, Because now all you can apprehend are the world’s brutal jeers. You force smiles and laughter, Lie on your bed like a crumpled ball of paper, Frail and maimed asContinue reading “A Goodbye Before A Hello”
How Your Heart Raptured Mine
Your emerald eyes absorb me till I run as xeric as autumn. I cherish your presence more than mine, It’s more than just magical and divine. Hard to believe you’re true, or is it, haunting me from my past, a phantom? Not a single exchange of colloquy. Not even one in brevity. But on theContinue reading “How Your Heart Raptured Mine”
As Sinful As You
They say, Your heart is as pure as your intentions. Your words are a warm hug with no skin-ship. Everybody wants to be loved. Loved by you. Though there are repercussions. They say you are Venus in human form but, little do they know what you obscure behind your tight lips. I know what youContinue reading “As Sinful As You”
Not Anymore
Lost in a reverie, never to return. A starry night but, gloomy too. A pen clutched in my palm, my chin on the other and, the words don’t flow. I imagine, devise, and trust but, the words don’t connect. I tousle my hair in frustration, my mind pushes and pushes and pushes itself to itsContinue reading “Not Anymore”
The Voice Of Music
I cascade down like a river into their ears, The words that I speak, the rhythm that bounds them together, Fills their minds, souls and hearts with euphony and wells up their eyes with sweet or sour tears. Perilous may it seem; I can either heal or rack one with guilt and make their mindsContinue reading “The Voice Of Music”
From The Dumps To Cloud Nine
The dusk begins once the buoyant, idyllic hours of the morning are over, As a whirlpool of apprehension devours us whole for the morrow. The aurora begins once the saudade, pensive hours of the night get their final closure, No more ghastly delusions where we’re wallowing in our sorrow. The beam of light paves itsContinue reading “From The Dumps To Cloud Nine”
Swan's Labyrinth 