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The Poetry Issue 2023: Two Poems by Kiran Chadha

The Poetry Issue 2023: Two Poems by Kiran Chadha
Youdhisthir Maharjan, courtesy of Blueprint.12

Lone Living


The vacuum is so apparent
Can you feel it as inherent
Or is it of my own making
The emptiness of lone living
There are so many who share
None to personally care
To be with me, by my side
Hold me, see what is inside
That gnaws my inner being
So help end the turmoil within
Come feel with me, not afar
Make my soul peaceful, at par
Let some light shine without
Let me, let me shun darkness out

                                     

Soulmate


No journey is ever easy
I ruminate, restless and queasy
As I miss my soulmate 
Since years assigned to fate 
I wish to see, touch that one 
Wish so many years undone 
To go back to those days of yore 
Love, live life just like before.

These poems were part of The Poetry Issue 2023, curated by Shireen Quadri. © The Punch Magazine. No part of these should be reproduced anywhere without the prior permission of The Punch Magazine.   


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