Monday 9 November 2015

You’ve got mail

Furtive glances
Rewarded with a flicker

Bated breath
Rewarded with release

Unexpected sender
Rewarded with a curse

Desired sender
Rewarded with a curse

The moment of hope
Stays unrewarded

Goes
Unrewarded


First published in Muse India, Nov-Dec 2015.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

The moment of hope\ Stays unrewarded. Goes\ Unrewarded

Who knows better than me?

probe said...

Nice :)

ankita said...

To have you back, before you go again :).

probe said...

You may not always know it, I come here once, almost everyday :)

ankita said...

Wow.

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