Acceptance

I wish I could be like these trees

that display their naked branches,

shorn of leaves,

with pride and dignity,

and a quiet conviction

that things will not always

remain this way…

© Vidya Venkat (2021)

Published by Vidya Venkat

Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at SOAS, London. Formerly, journalist at The Hindu, Chennai.

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