February 24, 2018
by Zenei
Just a few days more…
I tell myself,
Though my shit isn’t as bad.
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December 13, 2017
by Zenei
I am re-visiting the past today,
just like I did yesterday,
And I am sure to go back tomorrow,
To be with dear people I know,
In places which no longer exist,
To relive experiences missed,
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October 12, 2017
by Zenei
When it pours down on Kohima in October,You fetch your sweater or a light shawl,
Your feet are cold but just slightly.
Your Mom takes out her knitting set and wool,
And you sit by the fire and warm your toes.
The aromatic rice in the cooker is alluring,
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October 8, 2017
by Zenei
Some only look up,
Picking and socializing,
Undaunted by Words.
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October 1, 2017
by Zenei
Every sound is amplified, every feeling gets exaggerated.
The roosters crow in the distance, though the clock only says twelve.
Cries of a baby emerge from the house below, the mother shushes.
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August 30, 2017
by Zenei
The water in the lake evaporates,
hungry dogs in the shade repose,
sweat runs down my back.
The road burns my soles
as I walk under the scorcher.
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August 21, 2017
by Zenei
The past holds the future.
Don’t be chased. Don’t be chained.
Forget it and we tumble.
Go back and make peace.
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August 7, 2017
by Zenei
Crying for candies,
getting it stuck to my hair,
dropping it on the ground,
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July 26, 2017
by Zenei

There can’t be a greater sin than breaking into a farmer’s shed.
A tattered hut built from collected and begged scraps,
Made to stand on salvaged, old but reliable poles of timber,
cut open oil tin cans nailed to unwanted planks for walls.
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July 25, 2017
by Zenei
On many warm afternoons,
I would sit at a neighbor’s front yard,
Alone on a wooden bench,
that had a shine from excessive use.
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July 23, 2017
by Zenei

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July 22, 2017
by Zenei
Behind our house used to be a guava tree,
Where my brother and I often sat for free.
Leaning against its cool creamish trunk,
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July 20, 2017
by Zenei
Enmity
Timorous, rebellious,
Resenting, doubting, guarding,
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July 20, 2017
by Zenei
Earth is slipping,
And we are sleeping.
Plains are flooded,
The forest is gutted.
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July 19, 2017
by Zenei
Life –
Aggrieved, Wretched,
Lamenting, Oppressing, Despairing, Jousting,
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