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The Alley of Love: To-and-Fro

An evocative love poem, by Sujatha, that reveals a journey from joy to woe on a winding road of emotions, exclusively for Different Truths.

A road that sped
right ahead
led to happiness
they said.

And the byway bent
to what grievous end
I feared
to comprehend.

I took the alley
that for sure I knew
wound all its way
to you.


And here I go
from joy to woe
in a constant
to-and-fro.

Picture design by Anumita Roy

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Sujatha Warrier
Sujatha Warrier lives in Kochi, India. She is a writer and editor by profession, and a poet and translator by passion. Her articles and poems have appeared in several magazines, literary journals and anthologies. The Attic & Other Poems is a collection of her poems, with illustrations. Fireflies is a collection of her micro poems. Totally Owordosed is her blog.

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