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A Death In the Red Street

It was never her choice,
to be into the red gallows.
Body sold in the witching hour,
forsaking her hemorrhaged soul, 
she moves on.
Twitching in pain,
trembling limbs,
scars of yesterday’s lust,
squashing the very being out of her,
yet she bounces back in the morning.

A wife and a mother, 
her own choice,
her only aberration,
falling in love with a man,
who placed her under the red light,
with harrowing nights.

Just for the livelihood of her family,
which her man should have given,
she sold herself every day.
The lusty eyes,
that could have grazed upon the innocent,
she cools that lust off,
at the cost of her nights.

Today she is at crossroads, 
her man being bludgeoned to death.
She ran from one hospital to another,
with her mate writhing in pain.
God – speed said few of her clan,
from the crimson gallows.
Succumbed he did, 
with the setting sun.
Disowned by society,
and now by protectors of law too,
She stood there perplexed.

Benumbing silence engulfed her,
She held two arms tight,
better or worse life would enfold,
unaware, unperturbed she stood there,
a defying silence,
chilling the soul.

It was not her choice, 
to be pushed into the red gallows,
now with two innocent souls,
walking along by her side, 
On these roads!

@Chitra Arun
May 2022

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Unborn Chrysalis

To be unrestrained and happy,
the only reverie I contemplated about.
For those who would never come by,
are the only prized memories now.
Every time fate crushed me,
I held on and bled.
Every time I tried to listen,
leaden silence deafened me.
Every time I longed for rainbows,
a deluge of tears filled my soul.
Barricade of orphanage culled me.
Empty stomach reigned my nights,
scorns and mocking looks,
bore deep into my heart.
Hope was all that I had,
offering courage to hang on.
Like a lonely dancer on stage,
to play my distressing part, 
oblivious of the rolled down curtains,
in this theatre of my soul.
With no chance to fly,
an unfortunate chrysalis I am,
metamorphosis giving new life.
To one and all I say,
pause and don’t shut your heart,
to a little girl and
listen to the silence of her soul,
asking for nothing more than a chance.

@Chitra Arun, May 2022

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Changing Seasons

The morning sun shines  into my window. 
I am awake thinking, 
thinking about our long lost days. 
Those days were so wonderful. 
We were like the leaves on the trees,
 bright and  beautiful.
We were like a rainbow,
 the leaves, the dancing flames of fire, 
and the sweet, soft scent of a rose. 
But soon  we left, 
 drifting far away. 
there is no looking  back. 
Oh, how I long to see the spring again. 
When will we be home again,
 once again to be bright  and beautiful?
For I miss you so very much. 
Remembering  those days brings tears to my eyes and a smile  to my face. 
You  are the one I care for, 
the family  I love,  
and the one I long to see once more and grow bright and beautiful..! 

©Chitra Arun

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A Day At the Bank

A day at the bank, 
I could never forget,
With the scowl-faced monsters all around.
Am I in the prehistoric Jurassic age? I thought. 
They smell the greens so well, 
their ear for the tinkles so clear.
Those radiating smiles,
reflecting their urge to hunt down their prey,
those who just walked down to them unaware.
Their transition from the meek to the prowl, 
and from prowl to scowl. 
A day in the bank I could not forget. 

@Chitra Arun

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For My Soulmate

Distance may keep us apart,
Argument may happen when we meet.
Yet unexplainable is the feeling that we both share.
Our hearts may be miles apart,
Yet Soul in unison. 
We may not be able to express a lot,
Yet the best of partners we both are.
Like a rainbow beneath the cloud,
Always u came by to light up a smile.
Whenever life thrashed me down
For many reasons unexplained.
My eyes searched for you
And always found you by my side.
Standing there always to show me that you care.
Your presence my love makes my heart feel light.
As long as you stand by
Nothing can give me a fright.

@Chitra Arun

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Hospital Corridors

Hospital Corridors

The corridors of the hospital have so many tales to tell, 
my new found friends are the security guards, 
"Standing at your service they say",
without even a second of pause they stand there.
With tales a many to unfold through the night, 
so that they can keep their wink away. 
Not a drop of water to drink, 
nor a place to sit, 
at attention, they stand,
at your service their motto. 
My pain and boredom so minuscule, 
amidst these men who stand in those corridors, 
as if they were sentinels in warfare, 
with worn-out eyes,
yet at your service, it speaks. 
Men at work they are indeed,
and I find myself now not alone with my boredom,
in these lonely corridors which have so many tales yet to unfold in days to come! 

©Chitra Arun

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The Journey of a Gaslit Soul

The day of birth decided,
the date of Death.
In the theatre of life that unlatched,
happiness to what count
heartaches to what count to be taken,
to be scripted down on my own. 
Knew this all,
spoke it all,
but the ambrosial journey that started,
now being pervaded by languor.
Due to a Gaslit Soul!
A journey of thousand miles
one step made it curtailed
Now locked in the scarred walls
Of a Gaslit Soul! 

©?Chitra Arun
2023

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Enigmatic Rhapsody

Straying back to the dreams, 
I stand here glancing at the flirting butterflies, 
crooning hummingbirds, 
grasslands, trees, and floral beds. 
Air brimming with a fiery glance, 
Kissing her beloved, the distant horizon.
The mesmeric pearls of teardrop of the earth gently sway, 
with the halo of colors sprayed on her by her beloved, the sky. 
Blessed I am with the lucid rejuvenation bestowed onto me by my mother nature, benumbing my senses in an anesthetic bliss,
I stand here witnessing the love-hate affair of the stream and the sky,
with untangled dreams washed clean. 
The unknown begins, 
the wind whispers to the dancing trees about a thousand secrets. 
The rain cleanses the stained earth and makes it sacred. 
The night had played its quiet music, 
life is born, 
man, and nature, 
nature and creation bonding in the final synthesis! 

© Chitra Arun

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Scarlet Soul

The scarlet glow of my soul is omnipresent,
when I gazed at the glow, 
the radiance in me rekindled.


@Chitra Arun

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Soulful Pain

Tears are not guests anymore,
Or have they become unwanted guests?
that bump uninvited.
The dark grey cloud of pain,
also engulfs the soul unexplained.

Pain and tears have a hidden agenda now
Tormenting the soul,
Scrapping out the little life
That is struck somewhere
In the deep dark bossom pit 
harnessed to the chariot made 
of flesh and blood.

Have promised a smile 
Clinging on to the cliff of life
Or else would have drowned into the ferocious tide down there.

But on second thoughts,
Happiness and joy also come as guests,
And never to stay for long.

Pain and tears at least stay on,
as a sentinel on guard.
Cuddling me close,
with a promise to stay forever.
breath stopped,
but the ache lingered on.

©Chitra Arun
30/05/2021