I walk about in borrowed robes
No home too close
No shore but sore
What is the peace that I have earned?
The beautiful sunset that just died
or the smiling lady by my side
The reality keeps poking my heart
For it’s the pay check slave that I must mark
I walk about in borrowed robes
on busy streets and empty shores
in posh cars and cracked souls
What is it to be sad?
The dollars lost or forgotten love
Both can be earned
But just one by one.
No satisfaction, the thirst never dies.
The world cries. The world cries.
I walk about in borrowed robes
Material matters I never earned
It’s the happiness which I borrowed from my peers
because they crib even in royal airs
The empty palaces n lonely cars
We all have got our scars.
The sea might look so magically blue
But beware, it’s all a farce.
It’s all a farce.
Published by Pranjulaa
Poet’s bio:
An Msc in Creative Industries (Management) from Birkbeck, University of London, I wrote my first poem when I was only 13 years old, and currently I hold a collection of about 800 poems. I was enrolled into Poetry College, Batch of 2019 in Mumbai, and have Msc in Creative Industries Management, from University of London (2015). My poems have been published on Poetry Nature, Poets India, Image Curve and Nocturne Journal, amongst others. An author to “Short and Sweet Story”, published at Storytel as an audio book, I am now working on my first independent book of poems. Recently, I won a cash prize for a poetry competition based on a painting organized by Arts Illustrated and NDTV Mojarto. You can read some glimpses of my poems on @poetrybypranjulaa
I continue to work as an independent art consultant and researcher while managing my venture, Pranjal Arts which has a private collection of around 200 Indian art paintings.
List of awards:
•Awarded Scholarship for Creative writing by Mayo College Girl’s School, Ajmer(2011)
•Represented Birkbeck, University of London at British Chamber of Commerce Conference in London, UK as Potential Leaders of the future. (2015)
•Venue Ambassador, Birkbeck, University of London (2015)
•Invited for the “Thrive” Conference on Arts fundraising in Bath, UK (2015)
•Awarded on International Women’s day for showing international leadership in the field of Indian dance and poetry (2016 )
•Awarded the Lions Pride Award during the international service week.(2018)
•Selected for World Governance Expedition to Russia, organized by Vision India Foundation (2019)
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