cacoëthes

By Pravat Kumar Padhy and Neena Singh

autumn years

remembering the poems

in my first collection 

 
tangerine dusk
our shadows deepen
 
long night
lighting a candle
one after another 
 

the screech
of the barn owl
until almost dawn 
 
gently holding
a red maple leaf 
 

this thirst 
for belonging

the cuckoo calls repeatedly

 

Drifting Sands haibun (Guest Ed. Sonam Chokki)

https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/01/2023/cacoethes/