Ambika Ananth, INDIA

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Ambika Ananth

MIND SCREENS

They are the two tiny bulbs

connected to the deep nest of her heart

pulsating with each breath,

they glow in splendour like festival lamps

They can send peace and benediction,

Steer like a lighthouse to your direction,

You can hear a gentle laughter from them,

You can see a singing spring in them,

like the smiling green earth

they sprout joy on others’ lips…

They hold a music of ecstasy

heard only by those tuned in...

Her dreams soar high from them

like liberated birds from the cage

They dump cloud bursts sometimes

made of memories and moments,

stored in personal space entirely her own.

They speak poetry woven with warmth

in words of hushed magic

They are her mind screens

flashing her aspirations and yearnings…

The beautiful secrets in a woman’s eyes

You can perceive only when

you open the sealed eyelids of your mind.

Ambika Ananth is a bi-lingual poet, author, translator and independent journalist with twelve published works in various genres. She regularly contributes to the English Daily ‘Deccan Herald’ as a columnist and to THE HINDU as a reviewer. Her English poetry has appeared in national and international anthologies. She is one of the Founder Editors of the literary e-journal ‘Muse India’ (www.museindia.com) and is currently the Editor-Poetry for the same. She lives in Bangalore. She can be reached at: ambika.ananth@gmail.com 

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