Strangers in love
Under spells of blue
Distanced from earth
Devoid of clue.
Hasty twilight
Awaiting moon-rise
Silenced gunshots
A star flickers, dies.
Not a moment can pass
That comforts the heart
A coiled serpent weeps
And a frightened doe starts.
Monami Mukherjee is an educator and lifelong student of English literature. She studied at Lady Brabourne College and the University of Calcutta, where she completed her MPhil, and has 21+ years of teaching experience. Her interests include Feminism, Post-colonialism and Modernism, and through NibblePop and its YouTube channel she breaks complex texts down into simple, relatable ideas. Read more