Shreya Nair

No matter in which corner of world you are,
no matter how hard the wind is,
no matter how far we are apart,
your not alone.
...

Torn, slapped stamped and burned
How far will you suffer girl?
Why do you cover the scratches and wounds that still bleed?
Why long sleeved covered dresses and that fake smile you wield.
...

Are you afraid of dark?
Or of a heady accident that leaves a mark?
Scars and wounds will stay there for forever
It’s them that teaches you to get up gracefully like ever
...

The curfew is pass time,
My shorts are already dirty with slime,
I am running through the woods in snow
Melted snow drips from the leaves, I should’ve known.
...

Do you even know why you are fighting for?
But still your guns will roar.
Can you feel those times when mother sacrifice their sons for a war that's a foul,
As you lay their tender bodies in graves, watch her sing lullaby to calm her soul.
...

Let me love you when the riddles of grasses grow,
The topaz sun never shows
Where the ladybirds sleep and sirens weep
In midst of tentative promises and hopes
...

The crows smelled
Flesh fumes burning
Perched upon my shoulder
One tipped its head.
...

Dear mother whose name I do not know,
Who is blooming with me inside,
I hear many voices applauding you and your husband.
I do not know what waits for me outside your cave,
...

Somewhere beyond the horizon a bluebird wails
I know that feeling; I know that heart that ails.
It’s not the right time to say to you this,
I know it’s too late to think,
...