THE FOLLOWING POEM WAS SELECTED IN WINGWORD POETRY PRIZE 2023 LONGLIST.

Illuminating Moon,

Sparkling Stars,

Making Sky Beautiful.

The Stars Shine Bright,

Moon Lighting Up,

But None Knowing

Their Pain.

So Today The Sky Recites

Tales Of Moon And Stars.

A Huge Particle

Getting Burnt

Fragment By Fragment

Then Becoming A Beauty

With Hidden Pain - The Star.

A Body With No Light

Filled With Scars

Yet Borrowing Light

Just To Illuminate Happiness

In Spite Of Being In Darkness - The Moon.

You Can Never Know

The Pain Of Star and Moon.

They Accompany

Each Other In Sorrow.

But Now The Sky Is Born

To Hold Both Of Them

In Its Endless Space.

A Message to Moon And Star:

Now You Can Rely On Me,

The Sky.