wind whistles
in the distance
where desert sands
meet the sky
undulating waves of sound
break the silence
of remorse—
self-inflicted wounds
soothed by softly falling night
a balm of star-speckled skies
covers them
as lulling music hums and whooshes
almost like an ocean, rhythmic
cooling blistered souls
who wander lost
in the unknown
© Neetu Malik
Author Bio
Author Bio
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
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wind whistles in the distance where desert sands meet the sky undulating waves of sound break the silence of remorse— self-inflicted wounds soothed by softly falling night a balm of star-speckled skies covers them as lulling music hums and whooshes almost like an ocean, rhythmic cooling blistered souls who wander lost in the unknown © […]
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wind whistles in the distance where desert sands meet the sky undulating waves of sound break the silence of remorse— self-inflicted wounds soothed by softly falling night a balm of star-speckled skies covers them as lulling music hums and whooshes almost like an ocean, rhythmic cooling blistered souls who wander lost in the unknown © […]
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wind whistles in the distance where desert sands meet the sky undulating waves of sound break the silence of remorse— self-inflicted wounds soothed by softly falling night a balm of star-speckled skies covers them as lulling music hums and whooshes almost like an ocean, rhythmic cooling blistered souls who wander lost in the unknown © […]
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wind whistles in the distance where desert sands meet the sky undulating waves of sound break the silence of remorse— self-inflicted wounds soothed by softly falling night a balm of star-speckled skies covers them as lulling music hums and whooshes almost like an ocean, rhythmic cooling blistered souls who wander lost in the unknown © […]
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wind whistles in the distance where desert sands meet the sky undulating waves of sound break the silence of remorse— self-inflicted wounds soothed by softly falling night a balm of star-speckled skies covers them as lulling music hums and whooshes almost like an ocean, rhythmic cooling blistered souls who wander lost in the unknown © […]
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Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
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