The Moonlight

Priyanka Srivastava

illustration: Priyanka Srivastava

The clock is ticking
and my mind longs for 
rose butter hand cream 
abandoned in the drawer.

I want to smother the cream 
on my fingers and want to drink 
the fragrance.

It’s that time of the night when 
everything is silent, and the mind
wants to wander.

Let those words wait for me 
while I indulge in solitude.
In time, poems will dance 
under the moonlight.

Priyanka Srivastava is a writer based in Singapore. In her free times she likes to find stories in simple moments. Apart from writing she loves to paint and read.
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