how can one hammer wood without a thud? 

how can one stay parched in case of a flood? 

how can one be oblivious of dark clouds 

and focus only on the silver shine? 

how can one wreck all inhibitions 

and let acknowledgements align?

how can one feel satiated in a moment 

when they've craved of a lifetime?

how can one shun the hollers of the head

and the mind's incessant chime? 

how can a heart be full of something

and still miss it? 

how can a throat that is dry and suffocating

doesn't care to admit?

how can one yearn of someone 

more than they should? 

how can one train the touches

and tame the kisses so good?

how can one walk through the rain

without hope, faith and might? 

for now, the only way forward

is to dream of clear skies and moonlight.

Writer- Shristi Nangalia

On frame- Toshni Ghatate