A Black Rain

A Black Rain

The black rain drizzles.

My friend holds

a transparent umbrella

over his head. The face

I see in the haze of that canopy

has ceased to be his.

Some tenebrous streaks

cage its features.

Only his eyes show some

modicum of the mind.

And I do not shout his name,

invite him in my dwelling.

The noise and the blur proves that my house is sailing away

from him, backward,

erasing the present with the past.

Kushal Poddar: The author of 'Postmarked Quarantine' has eight books to his credit. He is a journalist, father, and the editor of 'Words Surfacing’. His works have been translated into twelve languages, published across the globe. Twitter- https://twitter.com/Kushalpoe

Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/two-open-umbrellas-sitting-on-top-of-a-black-surface-YYvMc013e2s) 13. 5. 2026.

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