Foregoing the bygones
Photo: Karan Madhok
Poetry by Shirsh Sanstuti: ‘A plethora of emotions come spilling / from a package labelled ‘handle with care’’
The cold winds brush against my back,
Acting catalyst to a wave of nostalgia
Causing my train of thought to lose its track,
And as the train crashes
Into the bundle of memories
A plethora of emotions come spilling
from a package labelled ‘handle with care’,
From the bag of promises,
Now long breached.
The unlocked chaotic prison of thoughts,
Momentarily shattering all peace,
Blowing away calmness to yonder,
I try to seal the bundle away again, lest I ponder.
Brushing aside the past that went by,
Heaving on with the pile of ruptured promises and lies
Making sure there’s enough delusions
To go around, cutting away the ties
That once held the truth homebound.
Because when all my attempts at tranquillity go in vain,
I will relight the pyres of my sanity once again.
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Shirsh Sanstuti is a Master's student in English Literature, with a penchant for literary criticism, listening to Frank Ocean, and football. You can find him on Instagram: @_.sheeeesh_.
