From ULR
Issue 8 – Kindness
Kindness
Lingering touch, quiet comfort, and shared smiles uphold a fragile, enduring world.
December 15, 2022
(i)
a silent lizard
flicks its tail,
patient companion
as I sit staring at the fan
whirring above the hospital bed.
(ii)
a monk
who sits alone
hugging an invisible soul,
a pod of a smile
bursts open his lips
(iii)
the last leaf
that clings on to the stalk
remembering those little arms
which had caressed it to life
(iv)
a word
which is left unsaid
so that the parting remains
anaesthetised
(v)
three legs and a cane
glide down the aisle:
she is blind, and he is lame
but together they paint
smiling faces
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Nithya Mariam John
Nithya Mariam John is a poet, teacher and translator. A fortnightly columnist in a national daily, she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, was semifinalist at Sundress Poetry Broadside Contest and shortlisted for The Brown Critique Poetry Prize. Her latest collection of verses is titled Kitchen Poems. Her scribblings have found space(s) in journals and newspapers including Sahitya Akademi Indian Literature, Malayalam Literary Survey, The Year Book of Indian Poetry, The New Indian Express, Times of India, Last Leaves, Muddy River Review, Qissa and the Alipore Post, among the others.