Stories of Life

By Sharon Nimmi R

if every person 

were a book in my library, 

how much of each of them 

am i yet to find out? 

how many of them 

have no more pages left, 

closed shut and open only for memories? these books, chapters, stories, 

i try to keep them within bars, 

trapped in shelves and drawers, 

but they always manage to slip away, most are shredded, 

forgotten and no more, 

and the lot that i wish to throw away, they remain glued on. 

pea.

By Sharon Nimmi R