Category: Poems

The lights are out again, There’s shadows lurking around, No monsters beneath my bed, But corpses underground. Sleep feels lazy tonight, It mourns at the night’s shroud, The Darkness is out to embrace, And foul blood makes it proud. Portraits on the ceiling form, Too much precision in her art, “Nostalgia” she calls herself, A… Continue reading Nostalgia – A Poem by Shreya Gupta

I don’t see a tomorrow, I don’t feel your kiss on my forehead. I don’t hear the whisper of my name, From your sweet lips. You don’t reek of whiskey, And empty promises, tonight, And it scares me, Down to my bones. I don’t see you walking away, But I’ve braced myself, To hear your… Continue reading We’re Fine – A Poem by Shreya Gupta

Fingers tracing the paths of droplets, My weary soul wincing in pain, A rainbow cries tears of colours, Leaving here a mark, and there a stain. I’m trapped in this void, Where touch is too sensitive to be roused, Where shadows lurk around freely, And screams boil off the ground. My bleeding feet long to… Continue reading Rain – A Poem by Shreya Gupta

So, he was the perfect kind of beautiful. Flawless, like the flowers, he brought me every week. He was like the pretty metaphors, That dance off your fingertips onto paper, and the slow songs you make love to, On a rainy afternoon. He was the kind who’d read poetry to you, to make you fall… Continue reading Toxic – A Poem by Shreya Gupta

Mirror mirror on the wall Am I the prettiest of them all?  “Yes, sure you are honey But I am the magic mirror I don’t see your face I see your heart” Mirror mirror on the wall Do i have the purest heart of all “I fear, but it’s a no, I am surprised you… Continue reading Mirror – A Poem by Nupur Lanjekar