by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
The heart of the warrior poet Roared in victory, When he won the battle By befriending his mortal enemy – His own self from the shadow realm. Instead of smiting him, He embraced him. For he saw in him His own reflection, The seed of compassion Under the flame of...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
Don’t be my Juliet, Nor my Leila, Or a Rapunzel trapped Far away atop A phallic tower Anxious to be rescued. Don’t lie half dead In a maze of roses, Or under a glass coffin. Don’t bother showing up In a pretentious ball, Wearing uncomfortable glass slippers, Only to...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
For days on endI stood numb and still,With frostbites on the cavityWhere my heart used to be.Your cold hand has snatched,Pulled, and frozeThe vessel of my passion –The busted drumThat used to beatTo the rhythm of your name.In a fit of rageYou crushed,And threw...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
She was so concerned about being A good girl to her parents, A good mother to her children, A good wife to a husband, A good cog in the machine, That she never learned To just be… Be herself, Know herself, Not as a woman, Or as a person even, But as a universe...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
What do you do When you wake up One fine morning, Discovering What you thought To be your darkness Was your light all along? When you find that Your frigid heart Has been guarding Kindlings for you And has been Gracefully striking Your hardened Regret and misery To...
by Rik Bhattacharja | May 25, 2025 | Poems
I carved my heart into a spoonTo feed you my love, my love.My broken bones fashioned intoRough and rugged forks,So you could swallow my soulServed on my ivory-white skull,Made hollow to carry your pain.I let my tongue under your teeth,My marrow in your drool,And yet,...
