Skin by Kavita Parwani Talib

Tried to fill into all the crevices 
That showed up in Your cracks 
temporary hotspots
Where we could seamlessly connect
Without changing networks
Oblivious to this roaming world
This mapping of everything else, and then just, us.
A subset that had a pattern
Like a diligent malleable liquid which was ductile
versatile and adept, we were
Grout, fillers and then sutures

Skin against skin, superficially
But entrenched, deep
That my epidermis did not want to belong to me anymore…
Maybe it was because I wanted to get inside
Your emptiness
And shed mine like a snaky ecdysis
Unwrapped
To match, To show, to see 

Raw intimacy
All at once
Forsaking all the old learning
touching a new braille…
Curious and curiouser, together
Momentarily, fuller
Now ready 
To restart,
Empty, emptier, vacant.

About the Poet:

Kavita Parwani Talib 

An Architect by profession & writer by intent; she is based in Mumbai, India.
While the pen brings clarity to thoughts, the pencil helps build them.

Be it allowing space, transforming space or simply punctuating space and exploring it in relationships and the world at large is her search through work & writings.
She has been previously associated as a Writer for Architecture journals. Her book reviews have been published in The Tint Journal, The Quiver Review and the Infinite Sky.

Her poetry has been featured in ‘EKL Review – Issue 6; ‘Tears of Swords’ – an anthology by Poets Tribe & Poets Globe.

She has been a part of Samyukta poetry’s online festival – Anantha 2022, Poetica 4 & Orange Flower festival 2020.

 

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