Nostalgia by Neetu
October 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as dreams, Memories, Neetu Malik, what might have been
Nostalgia
I missed you
when I turned the corner
near the old bakery
in the drifting
mellow Columbia brews,
fresh loaves and
Darjeeling teas.
It was then I stopped
in the middle of the street
paralyzed in my dream
of what might have been
and what was never meant to be
until then
I had traced
the veins of fallen leaves, that autumn,
watched them crinkle and dry,
crumble easily
now I stand, rooted
on the sidewalk,
pearly white confetti sprinkled
below flowering trees
by the old bakery.
© Neetu Malik
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Untold Things by Neetu
September 25, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as mellow hearts, mist, Neetu Malik, shadows, Thruths
Untold Things
Enveloped in twilight mist
they are known only to him
and even then, they are just the outlines,
blurred between hazy sheets
of day and night
men and women
keep the closest truths buried
for truth changes with light
and years, and shifting seasons
eyes cannot be trusted—
age obscures vision
but only that of the eye
and the heart grows mellow,
forgives, breathes tenderness
into hardened arteries, blood flows
slowly where there was
frozen pain
unspoken frailties and acts
pushed into dark corners and hidden realms
he now knows to forget
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Until I Can Fly by Neetu
August 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as Neetu Malik, shadows, sunset, until I can fly, waves
Until I can fly
as the sun goes down
and waves come closer
with the rising tide
I see your shadow
receding
and the sound
of your goodbye
drowns
in the shrill cry
of seagulls
making their way
like you
to places I cannot follow
until someday . . .
I can fly
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All Over Again (Palindrome Poem) by Neetu
July 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as broken, Fury, Futility, Neetu Malik, war
All Over Again
(Palindrome Poem)
life spills . . .
forming red rivulets in sand
in the vast desert
man’s fury against man
reasons I do not understand
why or how this came to be
who knows the rationality
in the circle of history
with unending repeats
I see blood . . . I see man
a glinting rifle
in his hand . . .
for a broken piece of land
© Neetu Malik
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Life Cycle by Neetu
June 26, 2026 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as forest, Life cycle, Neetu, Spring, Summer
Life Cycle
spring has come
and gone
summer breeze nudges
dense foliage to dance
as before, splendor will
last for a while
this fertile forest
will thrive
change when it’s time
we will grow old
like the trees
our span shorter than most
what have we done
with the seed we once were–
what have we become?
© Neetu Malik
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