my mind murmurations
harbor a January in May.
my parallel universe
forgives you for the collision.
I am in a spherical cage,
breathing freely.
I am not bound really.
the air drifts a part of me
and I become a spring somewhere!
longing for that a drop trickles down your eyes.
At that precise moment, I can’t sense a part of me
that you can!
I know its tenderness.
I know its power.
but then it ebbs out to become a dream,
it becomes a year in another hour.
this is the flux of relationships.
it makes us a living being,
strenuous, overwhelming, fragile!
Himanshu Ranjan lives in Nashik, Maharashtra. He is a poet and a Young India Fellow. His anthology is titled ’36 Love Stories’ in which he has composed thirty-six sonnets and a sestina. His poems have appeared or forthcoming in ‘Eunoia Review,’ ‘Poetry Potion,’ ‘Scarlet Leaf Review,’ and Indrdhanush.’ He loves teaching chemistry.