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
© Neetu Malik
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Unwanted Companion by Neetu
September 26, 2025 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as darkness, shadows, weary
Unwanted Companion
I wait eagerly
for absolute darkness
to lose my shadow
it troubles me to
feel its presence
grow, then diminish,
but not disappear
I grow weary of its company
walking close
beside me, before me,
behind me
an appendage that
speaks its own
language
formidable in
eloquence,
eerily chained to
my heels.
© Neetu Malik
Some of Neetu’s Books
Shadows
April 26, 2023 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as afternoon, holding hands, Neetu Malik, shadows, twillight
Shadows
long shadows
the afternoon s t r e t c h e s us
on the sidewalks
holding hands
but when dusk falls
and we vanish
into a shadowless world
what will remain of us?
© Neetu Malik
Some of Neetu’s Books
Choreographer
July 26, 2022 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as dancing, Neetu, shadows, shapes
Choreographer
She plays with shadows
twirling them with her fingers
making shapes she doesn’t
understand though
they are
but shadows, they dance–
she is too rapt in
their movements to realize
the choreography is in
her hands.
© Neetu Malik
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