I recently watched the short film Devi by Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films, featuring Kajol and many other brilliant actresses, and it moved me to write this.
The film is old, but it had moved me so deeply that the only catharsis I could find was to write a poem to express it.
It has taken me more than a year to share it, but here it is:
Misery stood tall. Confidence
darted around the room but couldn’t find a chair. Trust
knocked, but no one opened the door for grief
and fury played duck duck goose. Until
a whimper escaped from a five-year-old, and
tenderness staggered all…
Manasi Diwakar is a writer, and sucker for love stories. When not writing or reading or imagining romances, you will find her racing with her nephew. Manasi is also a trained classical dancer who thinks read more...
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