Out of Order
written by: Nivedita Roy
It’s out of order…
Yet again the elevator!
They huffed and puffed
The staircase seemed unfeasible
The spasmodic muscles resist the climb
Fumbling for the house keys
Along with a chastising grumble
And then the clicks of success
Door creaked open to a darkened home
Where is the light switch?
The bulb and smiles lit up in alliance
Bony limbs walked around
Finally to settle with a kettle
Cooker, too, was out of order…
Sip from cups was the supper
Emptiness and silence linger
Home bereft of offspring
Resonates of emptiness
The decibels of slow breathing
The elevator, the cooker, the tap
All out of order
The octogenarians oft wondered
Or was it life itself?
Nivedita Roy resides in Bahrain. She is a teacher by profession, bilingual poetess, recipient of Independence Day Literary Honors 2021 awards by Motivational Strips, the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Honor 2022 jointly by MS and Sipay National Property of Department of Culture, Seychelles, Mahadevi Verma Memorial Samman and Nari Ratna Samman 2022, Sahityakosh Samman 2022 for excellence in Literary Endeavors. She is the author of 2 solo books and has co-authored 12 anthologies. She is on the editorial team of the ezine Brahmand: voice of the cosmos, a Literary Warrior Group initiative. Her writings are published in many newspapers and sites in India and Bahrain. She is the Moderator for the Bahrain office of Motivational strips and one of the admins for Neelam’s page. She is the founder of a page called Nexpressions on Fb.
Latest posts by Nivedita Roy (see all)
- O Papa, My Papa - December 12, 2022
- Out of Order - October 11, 2022
