We find the amethyst
on the backseat of the bus.
We lost it there one
humid night ago.
Why didn't anyone find it, take it?
Why don't you show any surprise?
At home a rustling in my pocket
becomes a bee, dead, rugged
and raw like a crystal.
Instead of the usual blue
tonight blooms a pink neon dot
on the mind's strip
Mood wears a translucent bedsheet.
Without reason I fall
in love with you again.
Kushal Poddar is the author of A White Cane For The Blind Lane' and 'How To Burn Memories Using a Pocket Torch' has ten books to his credit. He is a journalist, father of a four-year-old, illustrator, and an editor. His works have been translated into twelve languages and published across the globe.