The rain drop
As the rain drops on my head,
it cools my tensed up scalp,
and trickles down my head.
Descending upon my face,
touching my forehead,
eyelids, cheeks and chin,
dry.
Impoverished!
It waits there till it next falls on my bosom,
plum yet suckled.
It follows my stomach
and my womb that breeds life,
and flows through my legs up to my feet.
All thirsty and unfed.
The little drop tries
to cure my needy body’s ailments
But it can’t
owing to its small size,
And yet it tries!
It tries to feed the skin,
n which many fed,
it tries to quench the thirst-
seldom met,
until it too vanishes within the earth
alike thousands of such explorers!
About the author
Sukanya Basu Mallik is a multi-genre author, film and book critic. Her works have been published in various journals, magazines, and anthologies nationally and internationally including Reader’s Digest,Times Of India,Sahitya Akademi Bimonthly Journal, Lucidity Int.Poetry Journal, SEAL (South East Asian Literature) festival anthologies and AIPF Int. Anthology (Austin International Poetry
Festival). She has also received a number of awards; The Best Manuscript Awards for fiction & non-fiction categories (Mumbai Litofest, Literature Festival 2018)etc. Her short story ‘Healing of wounds’ has been awarded a certificate of merit by
National Children’s Literature Festival led by eminent author, Ruskin Bond. Her latest
releases include Mocktail and#Metoo. Her movie reviews have been published in various newspapers and journals of repute like 'Just film' magazine, Different truths,'Creation and Criticism'
ISSN: 2455-9687(A Quarterly International Peer-reviewed Refereed e-Journal Devoted to English Language and Literature) and many more. Her research paper 'Voicing of perspective through creativity – an in-depth analysis of Devika Das’s works'. has been published by 'The Expression: An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal', ISSN: 2395-4132 (Online)| A Peer-Reviewed Journal |
