In this evocative poem, Dr Molly describes the beauty of the celestial bodies – exclusively for Different Truths.

Dark encrustations
         hang around 
smother 
the brightness...
 
        with a calm
candescence
             the moon 
allows it ...
 
how long 
         can this 
go on?
the pendulum
  swings
and nothing 
       can be 
perennial ...
 
continuums 
     of the flux
that resists
      regularity...
 
sane is 
         the mind 
that turns
     not inane...
 
flow, flow
      in tandem 
waiting for
  the brightness
to spread…

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Dr. Molly Joseph

Dr. Molly Joseph is a professor, poet from Kerala, who writes travelogues, short stories and story books for children. She has published 14 books,12 books of poems, a novel and a story book for Children. Her poetry with its unique style, has been characterised as "Ribbon Poetry." She has won several accolades which include India Women Achiever’s Award 2020.Her latest book, Water Sings over the Stones, won the best Poetry Book of the Year Award from ALS. She believes in the power of the word.

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