SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE

SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE

Forgetful

I am forgetful nowadays..

Deadlines and names

Skip my mind

I even fail to call to mind

The lyrics

Of my favourite song

Of my teen years

There are times

I stood blankly there

In front of the open fridge

Trying to remember

What on earth

I wanted to retrieve!

I can’t do without,

Anymore, Post-its

And reminders on mobile..

Sometimes, I really wish

Someday,

I would be lucky to forget

That smouldering ache

And those fierce pangs

And twirling tornadoes

You left in my heart..

I wish!

Dream

Our cup was full and brimming

With the pure, sweet nectar

Naive, innocence of youth

Zestful days..

We were on the delightful trail

To discover each other..

Our world. Our destiny..

Together with verve.

Do you remember the night

When the serene hilltops

And the tranquil village

Donned the raiment

Of shine and shimmer

Of lamps and lanterns?

With the bright spectacle

Roof-deck tempted us..

In a whim of a moment

Like kids, we clambered.

How bright was the veil

Of star-spangled sky

In all its bridal finery!!

And the fireworks set forth

A pageant of iridescence

In the night sky..

Oblivious of soreness

Of our scraped arms

We gazed and gazed

Huddled together so close

Till the lustre of those lights

Converged in our eyes..

We listened to the soft whisper

Of our breaths, together

Our hearts beating in sync

With the early winter wind..

Letting the waves of bliss

Engulf the frail canoe of our senses...

Over the years,

The once verdant hills

Stripped of green

And the sky, shrunken,

With high rises abound..

These October nights

Still, the magic remains palpable

Like a quivering dewdrop..

Yet, doubts mar my zeal.

What if, our sinews turn weary?

What if, our eyes fail

To capture the glorious glimmer

Of those brilliant lights?..

Around The Destiny

Its a full moon day

An old banyan tree

Tall, dignified

Curtain of brown roots

Swaying gently

Moving around it,

Women in silky splendour

Nose rings shimmering,

Flaunting the carmine glow

Along the parting of their hair..

Legend of a wife

Epitome of love and devotion,

Who dared to challenge

The God of Death himself!

Here, a village girl

Simple, petite

Fasting for her spouse

To be hale and hearty..

She winds the thread

Around the strong trunk

Seven times

Which pales in comparison

With the thousand strings

That bind her soul

Tightening, searing..

She throws flowers from a platter

During the 'pradakshina'

She, whose nights reek of

Country liquor and vomit

And stinker expletives..

On her body scream

Marks of tyranny

While she keeps on winding the thread..

She, who is bullied, bruised

Violated and vanquished.

Round and round she treads

Around her unforgiving destiny!

SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE

SINDHU SOOSAN VARGHESE is a homemaker who lives in Pune. She writes poetry both in English and Malayalam. She is an Agricultural Science graduate with an MBA and also holds a graduate degree in English Literature. She has published a poetry collection in Malayalam '(vaakku pookkunna yamangal’) and her poems have been published in periodicals and online portals regularly. Her poems have been included in international anthologies too. Her favourite themes include love, feminine sensitivity, girl child and social issues.