Wasteland by Ananya Sarkar Illustrated by Raaga Katta

Wasteland

The wasteland in her eyes
Spoke to me
When her mouth said
Not a word
The wasteland in her eyes
Cried out to me
When her lips played
A polite smile.
The wasteland in her eyes
Merged
With the wasteland in my eyes.
And together we
Looked about for a garden.


Bios:

About the Poet:
Ananya Sarkar, an offtrack dreamer, has been published in many journals and loves a dash of clouds on her coffee. You can see her wandering in the streets of Kolkata admiring all kinds of trees or catch her online here: ananya7891@gmail.com and @just_1ananya.


About the Illustrator:

Raaga Katta is a former HR turned artist. She is world famous on insta as Grey Brains (@grey_brains). She is a comic artist who adds zindagi to dark, mundane, absurd, weird, funny and cute moments of life with her quirkiness. Her brain only looks at complex situations as stories. Her fictional characters are funnier than her, you'll never see them in real coz they ain't so trivial. Wanna admire her, be a follower. Wanna be her, join her comic making workshop.


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This poem was selected for the prompt Eyes/Vision for the month of Napowrimo - April 2023.