I’m so excited that these poems of mine, “Bat” and “Crack of Light” are being seen for the first time ever! Thanks again Cephalopress, for putting them out there on your web feature, the Ink Sac. Bat / Crack of Light "It used to benumbinside meuntilIt ripped free,the batimprisonedwithin me"
Tag: light
Into the Light
I trip and slip through the cracks, free fall into the dark of the underworld, into the depths of past lifetimes. Gravity pulls me down and back a few hundred years, to be buried deep beneath the roots, where the air is cold and damp. And then, a feather of warmth lightly flutters over my … Continue reading Into the Light
Exhaling
Into the depths of despair She plunges head first Fingertips break through Not even a splash She confuses fatigue with darkness She searches for routine, for stability And just as naturally She comes up, Fingers reach for the surface A gasp of air, a lift She looks out at the view Life breathes all around … Continue reading Exhaling
Natasha Devalia 