Every moment
a plant loses an argument
somewhere,
when the stem
is misunderstood-
its intention,
articulated at the pedicel:
is plucked.
Poet’s Bio: Shriram Sivaramakrishnan is an eternal lover of ‘things in between’, roads less travelled, emotions seldom expressed, moments forever lost, words constantly overlooked.
Illustration by Alan Van Every (Featured image on the front page)