Amber
Amber - Sampurna Chattarji
Amber
Who would have guessed?
That wanting you could take
this shape ? A clutch of
coconuts gleams yellow in
this dark. It is afternoon
and we are aboard the ark
sipping till we are rich
with amber glow.
I am no gypsy, ballads are
not my thing. But I will write
them to you, for you, if only to
send you away again.
This insatiable murmur is me not
breathing right. Gather the falling
rain in your arms, my sweet,
and sing to me. Never have I been
so quiet, so listening.
From 'Unmappable Moves', (Poetrywala, 2023). © Sampurna Chatterji 2023. Used by permission of the author.