The Wolf and the Moon | Poetry | March 2022 | Anagha
I brought the moon back to the dark night Found the wolf lurking in the shadow of the light He howled at me, telling me how incredible I was Making me understand why I was upon the land
I brought the moon back to the dark night Found the wolf lurking in the shadow of the light He howled at me, telling me how incredible I was Making me understand why I was upon the land
I was wandering on the edges of reality Where it morphed into my imagination So much so that I couldn’t tell them apart It all blended into one patchwork of art Lonely, and feeling deserted, I went on with my life Picking up the pieces of what was left of me That was when Read more…
The winds try in vain to blow off the light And the waters thatched in the cold Many lives passed through the eternal circle Yet my soul fails to circumvent and make it past the folds
White powdery flakes drift through the air Aimlessly wandering like a lost soul They go where the wind takes them As if on an evening stroll From the warmth of his covers With beady little eyes, he watched it float Beautiful n mesmerizing was their creation O’ how the heavens must gloat Getting Read more…
With tears running down her round beady eyes The little one sat with her head bent low She clutched her soft toy tight N looked at the sky, sprinkled with a soft glow Her father came around and sat beside her “Why are you here all by yourself?” he asked “I miss mom,” was Read more…
It was a cold and a moonless night With a cloudless sky and no light Anxiously, the girl kept looking back And her feet began to run instead of walk She had promised to be early and on time But she had been captivated by the shining lights Her golden hair flying away with Read more…
Would you believe me, if I told you about the dancing stars, Would you help me fill them in my empty jars, I want no riches or wealth; all I want is your trust, I have never been in love, so would you be my first? Would you be the air, to fill in Read more…
She waited in the corners As people came and went The winds howled faraway And birds roared above But she only had four walls to stay To have given up her freedom To only be called a beauty O’ what a silly bargain had it been One she had known all along One they Read more…
Once upon a time sat a merchant in his house Robbed of his riches he now sat in a hut To feed twelve children and keep their mouths shut The youngest girl of the lot was a beauty Who was subjected to cold and misery One day the merchant heard about his ship’s return And Read more…
Had the oceans stopped crashing on the rock Or had the birds stopped flying? The world did nothing more but talk So why should I bother faking? I am flawed, and I bleed tears What do others do when they sense fear? I feel alive at dusk and wither in the dawn Is it fallacious Read more…