Genocide, Spread across Skies by Smrita

[tabby title="Poem"] White haze has gorged on the blue of skiesThe dust of bones under rubbleOf forgotten cities and peopleWho wanted to survive.The blood spilt spews out ,Of the drenched unyielding groundThat saturated, broken,could hold no more.Red drops floating upBorne...

Genesis by Smrita

[tabby title="Poem"] You wrote my story before I could speak.I was sketched with the clay of ancient myths -Mother. Goddess. Witch. Whore.You robed me and gave me my scripts.I was the shadow where your luminescence preyed,The night where you came...

Unfulfilled by Smrita

[tabby title="Poem"] The winds tug at my heart,
Shriek around my shivering leaves.
I am fated to stand,
Unmoving, calm,
While storms claw awayAt my silence.Raindrops carve paths down my broken skin,
Ants scurry under my ancient roots,
Birds scatter , 
splintering the morning calm.The stars...

Devi by Smrita

[tabby title="Poem"] DeviWeapons gleaming in every hand,
Demon-slayer, Mother, protector,
Her eyes alive in fierce radiant power, the goddess divine. When prayers dissolve into the silent hour,
Beast and innocent alike
 rest in the arms of night.Devi sets her weapons down,
her gaze searching...