Stitch together birdsongs
From the mornings when
Maa used to be the first
Bird in the air and the
Kitchen a recurring nest
Where utensils were feathers
And her bangles
The flight
And each song
A stitch of letting go
Stitch together birdsongs
Sujit Prasad is a bilingual poet, translator, and lawyer based in New Delhi. He has been published in both Hindi and English in journals like Antiserious and The Sunflower Collective. He’s a volunteer with The Community Library Project, and also consults in the Publishing and Advertising industries.
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