Tranquility
Tranquility is my mother’s laughter
over a cup of spilled tea on my notebook
on a warm Thursday evening.
It is the voice that I can hear
breaking into a smile over a call
while I rant about a loud city
and it’s even louder people.
It is the text from an old friend
telling me how much they missed me
and how their mother still reminds them
of our silly dreams.
It is the chilly breeze in the morning,
the turn of the road that leads home,
the unchanging expanse of the sky
and the ever-changing colours of dusk.
It is in the eyes of a child,
the cry of a toddler,
in the silent smile of a stranger.
It is in all the memories of the days of naivety,
and naivety itself.
Tranquility is my heart on most days,
most days, when it is not in war with itself.
~Paula Judith(21BME1084)
Shadow of you
I dreamt of a future with you in it
with every passing second and every step I took
I imagined you right beside me
your shining face,
smiling like you’re home.
The smile that’ll tell me that everything would be alright.
Many months have passed since our last phone call.
Now I watch you from afar
You’re just like how you were,
the moment I fell in love with you.
Those gleaming eyes that scrunch as that smile reaches your cheeks,
your hair just as fluffy and lush,
the way you put your head on her shoulder,
and your cute giggle before you can finish your own joke.
All those little things that make you a million times more beautiful.
right then and there as I see you,
I feel at peace knowing that nothing can go wrong if I know you’re doing fine,
even if that means it’s because I’m not there anymore.
~Jennifer Teresa George(20BCE1831)
Echo
Marching down the streets
Leading the little toes
With sticks as swords
Bouncing the plash round the town
Paper made planes that soared
Reaching the end of all skies
Eyes that glitter had the dreams
Scientist with lodestone racing across the row
There was a time when the soldier was new
With cannon on the shoulder
Marching down the streets
Leading the bairns
With sticks as swords
~Pratyush(20MIA1131)
