Last Word

Last word
is
unspeakable
like last breath
followed by a huge silence

no re-birth breaks it.

poem by Bhartendu Second
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Mother -3

When you talk about
Vomiting or lack of hunger

Or the energy and stamina
Betraying you

The Sunset begins
To haunt me.

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Last Line

I am the last
line of her poem

her last poem
that sings
my betrayal
her own faith
in a person

she knew so well
despite all agony and loss

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To Her Memory

You are abruptly lost

Like a kite
flying on raw threads

Your loss is my memory
Your face hangs in the sky

Against the wind

Oh! your memory!
my words are far away from

The metaphors that could hold on
you to the landscape of my mind

Your memory sings against language
or sounds
You defy my familiar tools
And dimly expose an unknown

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poem by Bhartendu Second
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