Repose
day and dust settle,
you blink at Orion
as I hold you aloft
against the violet
of the November night.
you are safe
in the embrace
of warm walls
and a roof
now it is only peace,
imprint of gravel
pockmarked on skin
bare sky and wind
a faded memory.
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad
Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad is a Sydney based
artist, poet, and pianist. She holds a Masters in English. Oormila has
exhibited her art and accompanying poetry in Kuwait, India, Singapore, and
Australia. She is a member of Sydney’s North Shore Poetry Project and Authora
Australis. Her recent works have been published in Red Eft Review, Glass
Poetry Journal’s Poets Resist, Eunoia Review, Underwood Press’ Rue Scribe, The
Maier Museum of Art’s Journal of Ekphrastic, Plum Tree Tavern and The
Rye Whiskey Review. She has poems forthcoming in the Rat’s Ass Review.
Oormila regularly performs her poetry and exhibits her art at shows in Sydney.
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