TIDE by Jagari Mukherjee

TIDE

My passion glows

With crimson tints

Mixed with blue desire –

The blue of the night sky

With a moon shining

Like a firefly.

The tide of the sea

Over my body washes

Leaving crusts of sharp salt crystals

In the roses

To set me free

As the scarlet and gold

Of the setting sun

Shimmers like a satin dress

Over splintered me…

And what about you?

Trying to put the splinters together

You cover yourself

With the moon and the sea.

Brief Bio

Jagari Mukherjee is a bilingual poet from Kolkata, India. She is a gold medalist in English Literature from University of Pune. Her writings have appeared in several newspapers, magazines, anthologies, and blogs. Her first book, a collection of poems entitled Blue Rose, was published in May 2017 by Bhashalipi.