mountain echo

mountain echo
searching for answers
once again

-Vidhi Ashar

fireflies

fireflies
my journey has
just begun

-Vidhi Ashar

one last page

midnight downpour
one last page
since three hours

-Vidhi Ashar

funeral

used cologne
you linger even after
the funeral

-Vidhi Ashar

twisted branches

twisted branches
the constant ache
to break free

-Vidhi Ashar

Haiga

lipstick candy

lipstick candy
my version back then
to be a diva

-Vidhi Ashar

paper lanterns

paper lanterns
how long is
forever

-Vidhi Ashar

blunder

broken swing
my blunder despite
the warning

-Vidhi Ashar

pictionary

pictionary
questioning the years
in art class

-Vidhi Ashar

temple bells

temple bells
gazing into the idol’s eyes
to feel heard

-Vidhi Ashar

patriarchy

the reins that choke us patriarchy

-Vidhi Ashar

chinar tree

the colour
of my recent memory—
chinar tree

-Vidhi Ashar

dry leaves

dry leaves
the versions of myself
I leave behind

-Vidhi Ashar

body shamed

body shamed again
I mask my eye-roll
with an awkward laugh

-Vidhi Ashar

unbloomed plant

unbloomed plant
the difference between
surviving and living

-Vidhi Ashar

hotel room

the sins covered by white sheets hotel room

-Vidhi Ashar

loud sirens

loud sirens
the opinions
I deem necessary

-Vidhi Ashar