Wisdom by Neetu

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Wisdom

tonight
the silk moon weaves me
into its silver streams

the day
creased and gritty
washed, dried
folded away

this moment
I linger in solitude
caressed by that moon
so perfectly round
eyeing me through
the window

a wink
I think I perceive

the acceptance
lulls me slowly
to sleep

© Neetu Malik

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Author Bio
Neetu Malik
Author Bio
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
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Neetu Malik
Born in India, Neetu has lived in Austria, England, and Canada before settling in the Eastern USA in 1994. Neetu’s eclectic work reflects her diverse background as she explores the joy and darkness of the human condition in poems and stories noteworthy for their intensity in brief span. Her poetry is published in journals and Anthologies from Australia, USA, UK, and India. Her poem, “Soaring Flames”, was awarded First-Place by the NY Literary Magazine (2017). She has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, 2019 for her poem “Sacred Figs” published by Kallisto Gaia Press in their Ocotillo Review in May, 2018.
https://www.asliceoforange.net/authors/neetu/
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