night doesn’t happen…

Night doesn’t sleep anymore

the sound of dogs

the memories of

what never happened 

silently brood one by one

night doesn’t happen 

silence is moored in songs

night happens 

when only these hills

are comatose 

and you expect the dogs

to bark raucously

but there is silence

because night doesn’t happen

anymore

rains will suddenly arrive

and ravish night and these hills

night doesn’t happen anymore…

Ananya S Guha

Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in Northeast India. His poems have been published in both print and electronic formats, and he has been writing poetry for the last forty years.