Tirtho’s poem explores urban decay, broken dreams, and hopelessness in the night, exclusively for Different Truths, creating a desolate tableau with broken fragments.
The day’s distaste lingers
on the tongues of midnight shadows
that lick a flying corpse of a desire
left stranded on the tracks
of a Metro train.
In the darkness, broken voices emerge
from the deserted wheels;
a severed finger points at
the heavens, cursing it.
A stain of blood
shows bruises of misfortune;
a strand of hair is blown away
by a wind of desperation,
An empty teacup wandering on the platform
remembers an agonised face.
Picture design by Anumita Roy
A journalist by profession, Tirtho likes to call himself an international citizen. He has travelled across India, and worked in the UAE and Oman as well. Music and nature draw him. Tirtho lives in Noida currently. He has six poetry collections under his belt – the latest being ADRIFT. His poems have been published widely in a number of publications and anthologies.
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