Painting by Kashish Seth
Like a long lost person whose arrival has delayed
This rain, this monsoon suddenly came to surprise you
When you had almost given up
But the sudden unannounced arrival
Evokes the deepest emotions in you
Rouses those unrequited yearnings of love and touch
It makes you believe it will start all over again
And the story rewritten.
But like the lost lover
The rain and the monsoon
Beautiful and enchanting though
Has the temperament to abandon
Without the slightest hint
Leaving you in despair and darkness again
And never look back at you
Even for once
You were just a passing thing, you didn’t know.
A liberal at heart and an avid reader, he tries to fuse liberal, feminist and queer thoughts in his writings. He is also writing a doctoral thesis on the intersection between violence and urbanistion in the case of Karachi. Write to him at davidsonkumam@gmail.com.
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