Moonlight

blackness caresses the night it’s dark the depth of the sea marble withers to black dust sandalwood sans fragrance. misery flutters around tears turn to acid demons spill blood underworld comes to earth. faraway a shimmering veil aromatic like dancing moonlight weaves a warm glow divine like a ray of hope. -Ishita Gupta This poem […]

A Great News!

I am so extremely happy to share that two of my poems have been published in a book Uncaged: A Teen Anthology! This book is a collection of poems written by Indian teenagers across the world. All the poems in the book are so versatile and beautiful! It would mean a lot to me, and […]

Unapologetic

A vast ocean sometimes wild like a child throwing tantrums sometimes ferocious like a God wanting revenge. Then at times it turned quite quiet like a sleeping baby Then at times it was a sweet mystery like the song of an apsara. There were times when pain overtook like a bittersweet rhapsody there were times […]

Melody

Sitting in my verandah my ears suddenly hear a voice music music so melodious that it has the power of elevating my mood I venture out into my garden and gaze along dreamily heaven impulsively my hand stretches forward to feel the melody I smile my legs carry me forward and I close my eyes […]

Façades

They thought he was evil But they didn’t see the boy who woke up till late crying himself to sleep consuming his being with despair they didn’t see the boy behind those sneers whose only friends were books an escapade from reality they didn’t see the boy behind all those façades who wanted to run […]

War

Orphaned children, weeping widows, Childless couples, filled with sorrow. Tears flowed, flowers bestowed, For this pain, there was no antidote. Whose fault? No one knows, War surged, like a black rose. -Ishita Gupta

Nothing Feels Real…

We are so close, yet feel miles apart. Each day is an act of pretense of love with an aching heart. Once those eyes were full of warmth. But now they are empty and devoid of love the longing now far gone. Ignorance is a bliss, but very evil. In the distance I see a […]

…Death

Breaths mingled with the misty air, faces cried or just gave a sombre stare, devoid of emotion, I remained hidden, people ran about, cursing death. Snatching souls, breaking hearts, trading sorrow; a cruel art, over millenniums I turned numb, hurt others, I remained unhurt. With a thief’s stealth, took another soul to the land of […]

I Want To Be A Girl Who Is Just Like Me

Look into my eyes, and search for the truth, Do I just want to be pretty and good? It is much more than that if you actually see, I want to be a girl who is just like me. I don’t care about my shapes nor my looks, Only for a mind full of books. […]

Be Gone & Bygone

“I have made my decision” was all she had to say, And silently in the night, carefree she walked away. What was her destination, no one knew, She swayed along the trees where the winds blew. Never remembered being so calm and peaceful, Everything just felt so sweet and beautiful. Mellifluous was even the roar […]