Promises

Dusk hangs heavy

like swarms of mosquitoes

over juandiced street-lamps

Familial cicadas 

at meal times

had died down 

to leave the aftermath 

chores for me

Night gnaws 

at the door

They gather

their icy palms

over the blue charcoal flames

I peered 

squinted

run water and my numb fingers

over stainless steel plates

to see it shine

devoid of stubborn seeds

of sun dried chillies

or an obstinate grain of rice

Pins and needles

my frozen limbs

will be woken up

when he 

with his metal hooks

disguised 

dangles promises

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Conjoined

Sisters-in-arms
Conjoined
by stars and planets
They said
our paths were chalked out
Misfortunes etched
on our forehead
Like veins
Like maps
Heartaches
and half a poem
Were destiny's
bountiful gifts
Like the Magi
travelling forth
to meet us
at the hour of our birth
We conspired
an escape
from one bondage
to another
Testified against time
Our grief grew deeper
Our choices
held against us
Yet stars and planet
conspired
they said
when plans desert us
We met
to dream
a heartbeat
of our own
Rebel against
the teacher
of wounds and sorrow
Life has melt boundaries
I became more of you
You became more of me
Death became more of life
And life, Death

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