Quest – A Reflection in The Woods

Quest – A Reflection in The Woods

written by: Megha Sood

@meghasood16

In that thickness
of the deep mesh of woods
where the heart feels
the light is denied
and it falls prey
to the devouring reality
Those twisted twigs
and tangled thoughts
And people living with broken truth
my doppelgänger
tries to find its true identity
Those little saplings
of dreams and wishes
cursed by the scorching sun
dying by every moment
And failing miserably
A drought lasting a lifetime
which snatches
and takes away the last sliver of light
Those deep sinking
marshes,
A slimy quagmire of pain and angst
where my hope sinks and die
in the deep abyss of uncertainty
Those tall trees with its long shadows
casting those doubts in me
stripping me off
my serenity
I wonder
with a lost gaze in my eyes
and wonders deeply
my savior,
How will you find me
in this life so deep?

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Megha Sood

Megha Sood is an Award-winning Asian-American Poet, Editor, and Literary Activist. She is a Literary Partner with “Life in Quarantine”, at Stanford University. Her widely anthologized poems, essays, and other works talk about her experience as a first-generation immigrant and woman of color. Author of Chapbook (“My Body is Not an Apology”, Finishing Line Press, 2021) and Full Length (“My Body Lives Like a Threat”, FlowerSongPress, 2022). Her co-edited anthology “The Medusa Project” has been selected as a digital payload to be sent to the moon in 2024 in collaboration with NASA/SpaceX.

Latest posts by Megha Sood (see all)

• Birthing Hell - November 2, 2023
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• Quest – A Reflection in The Woods - May 7, 2021