Atlas Poetica, Number 19, Autumn 2014

snowbound
we sip Darjeeling
and dream
of growing marigolds
in monsoon rain


drumbeats
calling down the rain
we walk
with muddy feet
petrichor on our skin


the degrees
of separation
between us
i am summer's heat
you are winter's chill


this baggage
carried from one life
to the next
we unpack everything
but our belongingness