Special Edition: Meghna Kaul

Meghna Kaul

Nebula

Even if I close my eyes tightly 

those phenomena come rushing back,

there is a brightness that dazzles

and holds everything around me,

nothing escapes me and my vision

I am a canvas

whatever you paint with your nimble fingers,

I absorb in my lense.

even if you splash colors on me

their hues remain.

My contours are puffed with the numbness  of your emotions 

I see you cry, my eyes bleed with pain,

they crease to wrinkles, when amused by your fun

I am you and you are me,

A ball you toss and it is lost in vacuum 

a figment of you is everywhere,

A sound you groaned it’s vibration are scattered all around 

You feel you are here

but I see you everywhere,

You hide behind the layers of lies

watching surreptitiously if someone is nigh

Oh! Where do you see?

I stand just behind you with hushed feet

Ah ! If I could  close my eyes once

Oh! my blue ringed ocean like eyes

that remains awake at the blackest of nights

and behold the mesmerizing depth of creation

A giant that ticks slow and low

and we all move to its grandeur and glow

So much happening 

around us I see

Oh! My dear, you can’t 

escape  me

I am buried deep inside you 

Holding your  fingers,  I always walk with thee.

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Setu, October 2025