Lost

Lost

written by: Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

@AccessKalpna

Lost in the forest unseen,
I see no paved roads,
but trails alone. All leading
to a destination unknown.

No traffic rules. No laws to break.
No policemen, juries, or judges.
No chains and prisons.
No sentencing of death.

In boundless freedom
I roam without purpose.
I can go wherever I want,
Whichever way I choose.

In this sanctum of realization
There are no more desires and despairs.
No regrets! No waiting, no separation.
No destination, no expectations.

I drink from untamed rivers
And eat from the mouth of the cosmos.
I write verses on the slate of my soul
And sleep on rocks and dunes along the way.

Stars glisten on my eyelids when I dream.
Moonlight frosts on my lips like your name.
Intoxicated winds rustle in my tresses
And hum the songs of sanity.

My heart blooms like a lotus,
And you, like a diamond within it.
I’m glad, I’m lost. I would never like
To be discovered again, and taken…

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Kalpna Singh-Chitnis

Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is a Pushcart Prize nominated, multiple award-winning Indian-American poet, writer, filmmaker, and author of four poetry collections. Her works have appeared in notable journals such as World Literature Today, Columbia Journal, California Quarterly, Indian Literature, Silk Routes Project at (IWP) The University of Iowa, Stanford University's Life in Quarantine, etc. Her works have been translated into fourteen languages. Poems from her award-winning book Bare Soul and her poetry film “River of Songs” have been included in the "Nova Collection" and the "Polaris Collection" Lunar Codex time capsules to go on the moon with NASA's "Nova-C lander missions to Oceanus Procellarum" in 2022 and "NASA VIPER rover mission to the Lunar South Pole" in 2023. A former lecturer of Political Science, she is also the Editor-in-Chief of Life and Legends, the Translation Editor of IHRAF Literary, and an Advocacy Member of the United Nations Association of the USA. Her forthcoming poetry collection
Trespassing My Ancestral Lands is in the making.

Latest posts by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (see all)

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