Category: Poems

Thief

Published on by Harpreet Chhachhia1 Comment

Holding his phone
Quietly.
So that he doesn’t wake.
Putting in a password
He was confident of giving:
Our kid’s identity.
I feed it in, hidden in the dark.
I steal through the apps.
I leaf through the gallery,
Like an album of old.
I see what I expected.
I see conversations
I used to dream of,
Fantasies I wanted but
Never could be a part of.
I read, willing,
Yet unwilling, and I Am
Ashamed,
Because I am aroused.
Torn,
Because I never wanted to be
A wounded, resilient, proud, foolish, turned on
Thief.

To Poo

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I have no words left to elaborate
The friendship that has made itself our own:
Love has seeped in and has maintained its faith,
Despite all the years that fly, and have flown.

You are constant, as I have remained true,
Each lives apart; yet are uncanny close,
Our loyalty was what made me and you
And trust was what cemented it, I suppose.

I have led a life and yours is yours, too,
But we always keep a sane middle ground;
And across a room, if I look at you,
We know the other’s thoughts, without a sound.

I write this poem knowing you know its end,
I thank you for you, my very best friend.

Why the night is bittersweet.

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There is a reason
Why the night is bittersweet.
For all the company,
Of stars and starlight,
The moon stands alone.

Alone.

If you hearken to night,
And lay your heart,
Before her dark bowers,
You will find
The gossamer quietness
Of other dreams.
You will breathe in clean dark
That harsh sunlight bespoils
And the soothing balm
Of moonlight,
If the moon be awake.
Your heart will find a bed
Of whispering leaves,
And gentle pillows of the world’s sleep.
But you will partake of all this

Alone.

The creatures of the night
Aren’t fit for company.
The owl swoops alone
On its nocturnal flight.
The bat finds his way,
Blind and alone.
Visions cannot be seen,
In the harsh sunlight,
Of company,
Nor can understanding
Sink into the mind,
In a busy embrace;
That is the condition
Of being able to speak
To Night;
She allows the rarest
Of the rare
To lie awake
In her tenebrous
Magnificence –
They deal with knowing –
Make peace with seeing –
By living alone.