Fertility Denied by Snigdha Agrawal

 

Photo by Alisa

Fertility Denied

She presses her ear
to the hollow of her belly,
listening for the echo of creation,
but all she hears is the pulse
of absence
A rhythm that tells her she is whole,
yet incomplete
While her garden outside mockingly, 

year after year,
continues to bloom

© Snigdha Agrawal

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Snigdha Agrawal (nee Banerjee), has an MBA in Marketing and Corporate work experience of over two decades. She enjoys writing all genres of poetry, prose, short stories, and travel diaries.  Educated in Loreto Institutions, run by the Irish Nuns, and brought up in a cosmopolitan environment, she has learned the best of the East and West. She is a published author of four books.  Her works have appeared in several anthologies/e-journals, published in India and overseas. She has recently been nominated for the Pushcart Prize 2024 for poetry.