I am the Writer! – Poem by Komal Raja

I am the writer

My words mean the world

at least to me

I am not a random woman

extending love notes

only in the name

of flirtatious joy

I am the writer

My writings give meaning

to my existence

They are the reservoirs

of communication,

of the thoughts that I jot down

in an effort to (re)solve

the jigsaw puzzle of

my fragmented selves

My letters deserve a response

If not much, at least a stamp

The stamp of being ‘read’ & ‘received’

Had I been an owner

of a flower field

I might have generously given away

the flowers, free of cost, to any passer by

But I am not a gardener

I am the writer

My words mean world

at least to me!

Komal Raja is an Old Ravian from Poonch (Azad) Kashmir. She is currently pursuing doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany.