by Pulkita Anand

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I thought to tell something important
Then suddenly, I started groping

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I was writing my exam
The question was something
That I read, but suddenly
It stumbled by other answers
And slipped into a deep trench
I met an old relative of mine
I thought to tell something important
Then suddenly, I started groping
What I wanted to tell
I forgot
I was logging my email
My friend dropped by
And suddenly I started fumbling
my password fell into some crevices
I was going to the market
Moved into the parking area
To realise that I forgot
My key, they left on a different journey
I could not conjure, where
I run to every nook and cranny
Of my home
To find it at last and realise
That I missed the time of the meeting
I was going for an interview
it was the downtown
I boarded the cab to realise
I didn’t have money
I came home
I felt that its surrounding had changed a bit
Maybe the earthquake has moved it
Or rain has pulled it
Anyways I entered to find strange
People in a strange manner
Oh! forgetting darling
It seems you are so dear to me
You often come unannounced
I forgot about your arrival

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© Pulkita Anand

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Pulkita Anand (she/her) is a student of literature. She likes to listen to music and play badminton. At times, she loves to write too. Her creative works have been published in various journals: Setu Journal, Indian Periodical, Shortstory kids,The Criterion, Twist and Twain, Tint Journal, Lite Lit One, Indian Ruminations, Langlit, Ashvamegha, Lapis Lazuli, Conifer Call, The Creativity Webzine, Winc Magazine (Issue 1, 2, 5 &7), Stanza Cannon, Superpresent, Madwomen in the Attic, Poetica#11 & 12,  The Uglywriters, Impspired, redsoethorns magazine, Golu: The Ant, Literary Yard and among others.

You can find her eco-poetry collection we were not born to be erased here or find out more on Instagram @pulkitaanand.

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