Bio
Smitha Sehgal is a legal professional and poet who divides her time between Delhi and Calicut, her beloved seaside home. Her poems are featured in contemporary literary publications such as Usawa Literary Review, Madras Courier, Poetica Review, Arkana, Panoply and elsewhere.
Smitha Sehgal
Indigo
Fault lines of my womb open ubiquitous flesh memories,
indigo rain floods the traffic of eyes
the clasp of my nose sings musical notes as
your insipid knife of betrayal sinks deep
I conceal painted toes inside black shoes
evolving -a rare locomotive animal of post-Darwinian theory
traipsing through days, stoic,
tethered quill ink verses grow long on my chin