Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Train

The train lurch its way to a known destination
Outside islands-neighborhoods appear and disappear
The train stops at one station
 And then at another
As if to judge the aspect of the defeated contenders--the island-neighborhoods

Inside the train a sea of
gadget holding women tapping their
toes to inaudible music.
And in their middle there I sit
Just another face
thinking of the train and myself
on my way back home.

2 comments:

Sangita Kalarickal said...

Barnali, this is such a touching poem. A sense of being alone in a crowd permeates through. 'tapping their toes to inaudible music'...beautiful!

Sharmistha said...

nice one.