Etchings of Immortality

Back & Forth

The clamour of footsteps

and raindrops.

Buzzing of television sets

and distant prayer calls.

Brain teeming over

with emotion; A break -

a pause - A mind on holiday.

Numbness sets in.

Car engines sound

like guitar strings scratching

against chipped nails.

But softer - calmer -

now they purr like kittens…

Red, green, blue -

quietly dissolving into a hazy swirl

- colourless.

The smell of coffee and cinnamon -

strawberries and pickles.

The emotion eases,

Heart floating now -

lighter, devoid of a burden.

Anger fading into a song

and dance image -

With lampposts and Audrey Hepburn.

Yellow umbrellas floating,

Smile easier to pull out -

Mechanical - almost gruesome.

Like cement laid down

in pasty blocks under the sun.

Numbness wearing off -

The cars are noisy and annoying again.

© Rhea Dhanbhoora

Bare bones

Drip faster, dip down low,

Let the sun rise and fall as the diamonds glow

Beautiful rays, gleaming soft

Beneath the light of everything you’ve lost.

Symbols of what you’re leaving behind,

Moving on, trying to keep up with

The pace.

Let it go, let them all fade,

They’re hurled back at you,

Slipping through the shelter of your shade.

Stripped off complexity,

Brittle, bare bones –

Waiting for everything to crash and burn.

Empty and asleep, stirring so slight,

Waiting for light to break,

Watching streaks peek through

Broken flutes.                  

© Rhea Dhanbhoora