in paper thin concrete walls
when I hear your windy footsteps.
You gently nudge
the old, yellowed curtain
to its side
and I catch a glimpse of you.
I try to hide myself
in the faceless crowd
of cement-brick rooftops
and hope that you forget to remember.
I even close my eyes
and pretend to sleep
but deep down inside
I know you're not fooled.
It's so easy
so very easy
for you to blow away my house of straw
and lay bare my raw, childish heart
in all its vulnerability.
But you don't.
You pass over uneventfully
in rain drop silence
with just a gentle rumble
to let me know
you had stopped by
to say hello.
Author Bio:
No matter what she does as her day job, Shubhangi is a passionate poet, guitarist and singer-songwriter. An economics graduate with an MBA in Marketing, she has nurtured her poetry throughout her adolescence into adulthood. Her poems deal with various themes, ranging from nature, love, and the experience of being a woman in Indian society.