“House Number 25”

Poetry
Written By Nidhi Agrawal

Mother!

After chopping off the heads of Maya (illusion),

The agony, mischief and the other things.

I call upon your gibbous moon

“Please leave my dragon head alone for

His sins and treachery in the first house”.

It’s time to retrograde.

I know,

On the full moon nights,

My reds and whites will be in tandem.

The galaxies will collapse at my feet

Shiva will return to my arms

And, I will be complete.

Notes: In Vedic astrology, when Rahu unhesitatingly assaults the Sun (and KETU assaults the Moon) and is said to swallow it, and to cause the “Eclipse”.

Nidhi Agrawal

Nidhi’s writings and digital art have been featured by Laurel Review, Altadena Libraries, University of North Dakota, Project Muse sponsored by John Hopkins University, Hobart Books, Orange Blossom Review (Florida College English Association), Writing Center at Washtenaw Community College (WCC), University of Illinois at Chicago, BYU College of Humanities and the Department of English, The University of Pennsylvania, Quadrant Australia, University of California, Riverside, Chicago School of Arts, Lewis Clark State College’s literary journalal, St. Francisco University, Xavier Review Press, California State Poetry Society, The University of Tennessee, Chronogram Magazine, Letters (Yale University), Setu Journal, South Asian Today, Indian Periodical, Garland Magazine, Muse India, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, etc. She is the author of 'Confluence' and an esteemed contributor to the 'Suicide Volume 2 Poetry Collection' & ‘Anodyne’.

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