Amrutha Prabhu

A cry of the heart

A bright morning sinks into a snoozing alarm as he wakes up drowned in her memories. Every sip of chai reminds him of the scent of her just-washed hair. As he slips into the morning chores, her movement in every misplaced thing in the house makes noise in his head.  Day in and day out, he walks into her death.

a fallen leaf
rollicks into
a pyramid|of dreams|
… a sleepless night

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About the Author  

Amrutha Prabhu, a computer engineer, discovered her love for haikai in her late thirties. She has several of her works published in reputed journals. She describes herself as a sprout in the garden … a drop in the flowing river … a bird that just learned to fly … in the world of haikai. She tries … to grow a little more, to flow a little faster, to fly a little farther, to be one with haikai each day.