Nicho Rongchehonpi: Figures of Thought: Collegiate Voices across Spaces

A Trapped Soul

Ever Feel Like Trapped In Your Own World?

Is There A Different Soul Living Inside You?

Can You Hear Her Cry?

I Say, Hear Her Out.

She Must Be Screaming Her Heart Out

She Must Be So Terrified

Take Your Time.

It’s Okay To Be Selfish

For Once, For Yourself

Go For The Search

That Someone Is YOU

Save Her.

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My mother

How funny it sounds, when I say

I saw my mother yesterday.

We have been living together 

For 21 years, now.

I saw my mother yesterday

The first day I saw her wrinkles

She is growing old now

That looks of her scares me.

I saw my mother yesterday 

The ray of the light from the next room

Shines on her face, its glowing

Yet it scares me

I saw my mother yesterday 

Like a cute sloth, 

She arranges her bible 

Placing orderly inside her small bag

Her life is a combo of dramatic events

Spent her childhood miles away from home

In thirst of knowledge

And promise to never return.

Yet irony serves its way

She returns, only to find herself

Celebrating her stay here for 23 years

And more years to celebrate

I saw my mother yesterday 

This is the moment I want to treasure

It scares me yet I want to let it go

The time given to you are once. Enjoy.

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Author's Bio:  Nicho Rongchehonpi is pursuing her MA in English from Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia. As a student of literature, she has always believed that one’s thoughts and imagination have no boundaries and this field of study is a perfect place for a person to rest mentally and stay true to oneself. She finds it beautiful that words connect people together and looks upon the experiences that she has received from life as her real achievement.

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Setu, June 2021