lost and found
i’m lost—
somewhere between the screen and my eyes.
my breath carries me forward,
the shock of what I see, backwards.
i’m lost
in the sliver between two books:
the one I read, the other I wrote,
squeezing my life out.
i’m lost
at sea, bouncing, my toe brushes
the ocean bed. my nose dips
at the water surface; i see the sky.
i’m lost
between the today and the tomorrow,
of what i am and can be,
of what i was and am becoming.
i’m lost
amidst the rushing multitudes,
lifted and dragged down,
pried apart and squished together…
i’m lost, but should i be?
i asked for this: the right to choose,
the right to stop, to deny—
i should be at peace; no longer lost.
i’m lost.
in a million pieces, i’m lost.
scattered, gathered, bewildered…
perhaps this is how i will be found.
Jeena R. Papaadi is the author of six books. Her work is featured in The Hindu, Borderless Journal, The Hemlock Journal, Usawa Literary Review, The Wise Owl, Kitaab and elsewhere. She is based in Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram. Jeena’s work can be found at: https://linktr.ee/jeenapapaadi
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