Winter Of Distress
Beneath the
frostbitten moon, a silence fell
The trenches
groaned; a makeshift hell.
Where brothers
once stood, now shadows crept.
And promises of
valour underfoot swept.
A breath turned
to mist, a dying gasp.
The wounded
reached out to clasp hands.
But boots were
torn from their feet,
And coats
stripped away in the bitter sleet
No hymns for the
broken, no farewell song
Humaneness,
totally forgotten in wars.
Abandoned to the
cold, their cries grew thin.
As frost painted
death on their ashen skin
What honour
remains when warmth is the thief?
When survival
devours love and belief?
In the winter of
distress, humanity died.
Leaving only the
wind to mourn their lies
©Snigdha Agrawal
Whispers Of War
In shadows deep,
where power plays
Greed ignites
the world ablaze
Leaders
possessing iron hands
Focus on
plundering fragile lands
The earth weeps
red, its scars run deep
Fields once
golden now do weep
Echoes of peace,
a fleeting song
Silenced by
those who crave the wrong
For in their
eyes, they are the rulers
Lines on maps to
erase and conquer
Vision blurred
by greed and power
Bidding for
countries to acquire
And between
them, they indulge in fights
That goes on and
on with no end in sight
The weak take
the rap, robbed of their identity
Fearing
displacement, status reborn…
Refugees
©Snigdha Agrawal
SNIGDHA AGRAWAL
SNIGDHA AGRAWAL (née Banerjee) brings
over two decades of corporate experience to her multifaceted writing career. A
versatile author, she writes across genres, including poetry, short stories,
prose, and travelogues. Raised in a cosmopolitan environment and educated in a
convent school and college run by Irish nuns, she blends Eastern depth with
Western sensibility in her work. She is the author of five published books,
spanning poetry and short fiction. Her most recent release, Fragments of Time,
a deeply personal memoir, is available worldwide on Amazon. Her writings have
appeared in numerous domestic and international anthologies and literary
journals. In recognition of her poetic craft, she was recently nominated for
the 2024 Pushcart Prize. Now in her seventies, Snigdha’s passion for writing
and travel remains as vibrant as ever.
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