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In the Flickering by Neetu

June 26, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , , ,

In the Flickering

Walk me through
your cave

show me the petroglyphs
the stories
you have laboriously pecked on the walls
with your hammer stone,
carved in the light of a lantern
where shadows cast gloom.

I want to see. I want to run
my warm hands along
cold rocks to decipher forms
and feel their rugged ridges.

This light is dim. I need a better view.
Hold my hand and place it where
the scenes begin
that you have etched, with squinted eyes
by a flickering lamp.

I trace them lightly,
my fingers grow numb—
in your cave’s icy hollows
there is no echo of love,
even your stories are silent.

Are you still here or am I
alone?

(c) Neetu Malik


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Traveler by Neetu

April 26, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Traveler

I am     but dust
a grain of sand
blowing whichever way
the wind blows
in the universe

I take with me
nothing      but that
which clings to me

and even that
is temporary

the grain that I am

swirls       and seeks
nothing more

than a brief abode
in        harmony

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Fish Bones by Neetu

March 26, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Fish Bones

You were the guest
at my table
picking on the corners
of the table cloth,
fingers nervously
folding and unfolding
mutilated pride.


You watched the candle
flicker, as restless
as your hands—
trembling, casting
shadows visible only
to those who sat 
on the edges of the paroxysm 
that quivered and coughed,
cleared its throat
as if ready to explode
but was caught instead

on minute fish bones—
too sharp for 
a smooth conversation.

© Neetu Malik  


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Glass by Neetu

February 26, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Glass

I tread softly
in your world
mindful of my footsteps
on the fragile glass
of your emotions
fearing the crack
one little slip could cause
breaking my own heart
without blows
without words
in a silence
deeper than
death

© Neetu Malik


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Wisdom by Neetu

January 26, 2025 by in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as , , , ,

Wisdom

tonight
the silk moon weaves me
into its silver streams

the day
creased and gritty
washed, dried
folded away

this moment
I linger in solitude
caressed by that moon
so perfectly round
eyeing me through
the window

a wink
I think I perceive

the acceptance
lulls me slowly
to sleep

© Neetu Malik


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