Preeti

“I am

certain everything is a poem if you catch it

in just the right light”
― Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak

“Even though trauma has a way of
becoming the wallpaper of my head,

watch me drag the art
out of my suffering.

Watch me plant seeds down my spine
and bloom into a garden of poetry

from every horrible thing that has ever
happened to me, all the nights my voice
turned to cement and I couldn't say anything-

Watch me build an empire from the ashes
of everything that tried to destroy me.”
― Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak

“come back to the city it was easiest for you to breathe in”
― Blythe Baird, If My Body Could Speak

“नहीं पूछता है कोई, तुम व्रती, वीर या दानी हो? सभी पूछते मात्र यही, तुम किस कुल के अभिमानी हो? मगर, मनुज क्या करे? जन्म लेना तो उसके हाथ नहीं, चुनना जाति और कुल अपने बस की तो है बात नहीं।”
― Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', रश्मिरथी