By Arik Mitra 

I see fragments of sky -- between

branches,

Of dancing Ashwath leaves.

Not a sound --

merely ruffled flowers

On cobblestones, lying. The tree

quietly nods in shared musing.

Stand

blackish shadows under

the leaves; they toss

facing the streetlamp glow.

Bright white light -- intense

luminescence, leaves nothing

to inner imagined forms. The sky

baked in absent light.


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Arik Mitra lives in Kolkata, India. An IT professional, he has been writing for about two years now. He writes mainly short stories and poetry in English and Bengali (mother tongue). His work has been published by Clarendon House Publications, Red Penguin Books, Dyst Journal and more.

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