Loss

Contributor: Debarshi Mitra

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It was always this way,
was always a metaphor
built on fragments and
a physical space stretched
by light streaming in
from one side of this endless
corridor. It is here that
I preserve the image
of my mother bending
to pluck tulsi leaves
from a yellowing tulsi plant,
and suddenly remember that
for all these years now
after her passing,
I have forgotten even
to part the curtains.


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Debarshi Mitra is a 21 year old poet from New Delhi , India. His debut book of poems ' Eternal Migrant' was published in May 2016 by Writers Workshop. He has previously contributed to anthologies like 'Kaafiyana' and to literary magazines like 'Typewrite'. He is currently enrolled in an 'Integrated PhD' program in Physics.