Dawngi Chawngthu

The Mask

Language: english
Translations: german (Die Maske)

The Mask

Your voice
Coming over the telephone
Across measureless miles
Still remains a mystery
As always

I am
Once more at a loss
Searching for, maybe, a hint of tenderness
Into polite enquiries
Of how things are with me

I try
To decipher
Hidden meanings
Into words you speak
So effortlessly - hats off to you

I fail
Miserably...
None the wiser
As to how things are
With you and me

Dawngi Chawngthu

photo © Goethe-Institut / Yawan Rai
* , India
lives in: , India
Dawngi Chawngthu was born in the 60’s and grew up with the music of the Beatles and The Seekers in her head. An educationist by profession, Dawngi is a passionate writer, she says she loves to play with words and on lucky days a poem takes shape. Her poetry has been translated into several languages and form part of published Anthologies. Her first solo publication of 55 poems titled ‘of butterflies and lullabies and unfinished conversations’ was published by Writers Workshop, Kolkata in December 2015.

photo © Goethe-Institut / Yawan Rai

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