When Rain Came Home (A Poem)

Published in MUSE INDIA / ISSN: 0975-1815

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Rustles swept silent

under flat brown leaves

pinned by monsoon.

Mynahs pecked

on the ground

dead bodies of once alive insects.

One one pellet on the rope

met and fell

like lovers.

A creak

from the bamboo bush

reminded me of grandma’s knee.

The letter on the table

took the direction of wind

and said goodbye.

The bogori tree shed

stomach curling odour,

in-between umbrellas walked.

I carried home

feet colder than rain

(most importantly

your absence).

-Jharna Choudhury

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