Hills

Melancholy and music blend gently in this verse by Dr Jyothsnaphanija  – exclusively for Different Truths.

Today I have enough melancholy to make love
Somewhere flow of darbari kanada
Is heard.
Some contrast of
Chloroformed voice
Winter fragmented throat
Collecting tunes
From melting tree’s kutch work’s glitter.
Or
Unquoted jaggery cracks.
Uneven, broken slate pencil’s circle.
 
Words exchange
Framing rustle on paper.
geometry box
in our forgotten angles.
I tell you
It is music
Soft as wax crayons.
Satin worked thread leaves.
You finally understand
Listening is always unreachable.

Glossary:

Darbari kanada: a raga in Indian music

Kutch work: a type of embroidery work in India

Picture design by Anumita Roy