A dog-eared book
With a scribbled smiley
Accidently splashed with water
Now a confused clown.
That dirty, stuffed pink rabbit
Clipped on the glass
Of a closed god’s shelf.
A dried browned petal of a rose
Pressed carefully between yellowed pages
Leaving behind silhouette imprints
Of forgotten, hazy memories.
A silver ring with multiple loops
A play thing.
A sign of impatience in coffee houses.
Old, discarded cellphone
With the plastic screen scratched.
A broken brown coffee cup
Used as a fancy pen stand.
Trophy for five years’ service
Standing proudly on an untouched mantelshelf.
Honeymoon wine bottles
Painted with sky blue and sun yellow
Fading in a corner
With spidery soft web spun around them.
© Shweta Taneja, August 2010
