Laxmi Natraj
Abstract
He wrote on his imagination of love sweet,
She wrote on truth, dark horror of strikes
For his fake poems, got crowned with medals
She, for frank truth, got silenced by a bullet
EXISTENCE
THEY WROTE
WHY ?
PLEASE DO
SHELTER
MY PET
PEACE
NIGHT
HUNGER
Slammed
Finger pointing as to who made him that way Finger pointing as to who made him that way
There was once a mango tree In my backyard, There was once a mango tree In my backyard,
Mirror, mirror on the wall: No, I’m hardly a little girl anymore I’ve been staring long and hard ... Mirror, mirror on the wall: No, I’m hardly a little girl anymore I’ve been st...
You live there on untrodden space You live there on untrodden space
The orange flame signifies your soul Achieving your desires is your only goal The orange flame signifies your soul Achieving your desires is your only goal
I felt the same when I was young I felt the same when I was young
Sealed with love Sealed with love
My mind's somewhere; oscillating between resilience and ambivalence My mind's somewhere; oscillating between resilience and ambivalence
Their love they cherish Their love they cherish
You aren't really alone You aren't really alone
I love you, Ma I love you, Ma
Rich can buy what the poor can't Rich can buy what the poor can't
How, this deep bonded vacuum can ever be filled? How, this deep bonded vacuum can ever be filled?
Memory is like a drunken lullaby Memory is like a drunken lullaby
True love sees and love is blind True love sees and love is blind
Yes I have the audacity to take the risk Yes I have the audacity to take the risk
There's shards, Stabbed onto your back... There's shards, Stabbed onto your back...
Till not open the door of heart In lonely darkness how many times death Wrapped my face. Till not open the door of heart In lonely darkness how many times death Wrap...
I walked past the green fields Golden grains one day which would yield I walked past the green fields Golden grains one day which would yield
We do not hesitate to trouble to anyone We do not hesitate to trouble to anyone