SNIGDHA AGRAWAL

 

Beyond Reach

I’ve been chasing dreams

since my teens...

always just out of reach

teasing

taunting

mocking

tormenting me

one moment so close

the next—vanishing

like a kite loosed

from its string

skimming treetops

scraping against towers

dancing wildly

across skies

and seas

Now these weary limbs

have abandoned

the chase

bones brittle

breath shallow

heart resigned

Never mind...

I whisper

Perhaps dreams

were never meant

to be caught

but to lead us

to places

we'd otherwise

never see

False Hopes

Upon your dream

I gave my all

bared my chest

emptied my soul

to secure,

in your heart,

a small spot

You built castles

in the air

with words like silk

promises spun from gold

woven so tightly

I believed they’d hold

But your dreams

were never for us

they crumbled like ash,

leaving me clutching

to shadows of a future

that never was

I bled for illusions,

while you walked away

untouched

leaving my soul

to sift through the wreckage

of dreams you built

and betrayed.

SNIGDHA AGRAWAL

SNIGDHA AGRAWAL (nee Banerjee) has over two decades of corporate work experience. She enjoys writing all genres of poetry, prose, short stories, and travel diaries. Brought up in a cosmopolitan environment, and educated in Convent School/College run by Irish Nuns, she has imbibed the best from Eastern and Western cultures. She has published four books of poems and short stories.  The latest titled TRAIL MIX is a book of short stories, available on Amazon. in.  She has also been widely published in domestic and international anthologies and poetry journals and has recently been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2024 for poetry.  A septuagenarian, her passion for writing and travelling continues unabated.