Mona Bedi
A Sweet Chaos
The bus is overcrowded. The smell of sweat clings to the thick summer air. I stand wedged between an old woman on one side and a tall, rugged man on the other. Each time there is a jerk, the man is pushed against me. I stiffen nervously.
The bus lurches along the potholed road, passengers swaying like pendulums.
Suddenly, a loud thud—the front tyre collapses.
Instinctively, I grab the old woman’s hand. We both pitch forward, ready to crash to the floor, when strong arms steady us. The rugged stranger holds us upright with surprising care.
I murmur a quiet thank you.
settling dusk—
a mountain’s shadow
softens the earth
About the Author
Mona Bedi is a medical doctor in Delhi, India. She has published two books of poetry, they you and me and dancing moonlight, and her haiku and senryu have been published in Failed Haiku, Haiku in Action, The Haiku Dialogue, cold moon journal, tsuri-doro, and many others. She lives with her husband, two children, and a dog.