Poetry 2017 Longlist Pratibha Jha

Never Will You Know My Dilemmas                                            

In my silences lies
The loudest echo of my voice
Every time I depart from you
All I want to clench your hand tightly
If only I could stop you
I have a slippery hand and overwhelming emotion
Mastered in wrong timings
Scared with the thought of betrayal
I wonder I could ever tell you
I skipped a beat in your arm
In those silences intruding the chaos of new saga
In my mind , heart and soul
A new insecurity of loosing you
I prefer to close another love story
Before the beginning of it…