this stray year
– icy system,
mass shit
time yet:
tame this chasm
– raise the mist,
try ham, mash
– sherry,
yes! the year may
scare,
stir my art
– ash my air,
– each ire
a tier, a raise;
my rise!
Shiksha Dheda is a South African of Indian descent. She uses writing to express her OCD and depression roller-coaster ventures. Sometimes, she dabbles in photography, painting, and baking lopsided layered cakes.
She rambles annoyingly at Twitter: @ShikshaWrites. You can find (or ignore her) at https://shikshadheda.wixsite.com/writing/poetry,