Pravat Kumar Padhy

Script of Life

so blissfully

how the child bathes the toy, decks it with the colourful dress, feeds, and sings a lullaby

the way you see the unseen

as time trickles ahead like sands between the fingers leaving me behind alone

a monosyllable

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About the Author

Pravat Kumar Padhy holds a Master of Science and a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad. He is a 2022 panel judge for The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards and is on the editorial board of Under the Basho. Besides poetry, he devotes time to writing scientific papers on planetary geology and listening to classical songs.

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