Jharna Choudhury (Colours of Love and Barriers)

Jharna Choudhury

Jharna Choudhury, is a poet-embroiderer from Guwahati, Assam, India. Follow her creative writings and publications at https://linktr.ee/Jharna_Choudhury. 

Hypervigilance

Ears big as the fridge door

flap open and close in hunger,

and eyes eat roadside cats with streets and houses.

Heartbeats are hummingbirds

on a tree that I am, tremors and silences.

What if love was not fear, and love walked

with flowers and kisses,

leaning on the cafe wall, watching the beautiful world go to work

and at the end of the day sit on the edge of the bed

to watch a waterfall that her pleated skirt made in the drop,

and touch and touch her words

as they do in a garden, hand pollinate

for ripeness.

What if my ears shrunk, eyes rested,

and love was everything but a restless dog under a car

with noises wanting to kill.

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Colours of Love :: Setu, July 2022