“Labyrinth” by Amit Shankar Saha

Two women grieving by John Flaxman is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

I met grief on my way to sorrow.
We got talking about loss
and the associated sadness.
 
I told her that melancholy
suits the palate of a poet.
I don't know whether she agreed
or not as she kept her gaze averted.
 
I don't even know whether my
thoughts are influenced by studies
or they are present just like this
dull afternoon within the day.
 
I shared a disappointing drink
with her at the bar of vintage
before we parted our ways.
 
I shook her hands, turned around
and felt death in those pale palms.
 
This is the labyrinth of sorrow,
this losing of the sense of loss,
just like the passing of the days.


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Amit Shankar Saha is the author of three collections of poems titled Balconies of Time, Fugitive Words and Illicit Poems. He has won numerous awards including the Wordweavers Prize and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize, and the Best of Net anthology. His website is www.amitshankarsaha.com

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