Letter on the Skies

by Ananya S. Guha / September 20th, 2026

What is a prophylactic
For sadness?
Sadness on leaving
This town or at the thought
That one day I must leave
With the hills in sorrowful
Shame
But where is my sadness?
Have I strewn it among
The hills and rains?
The azure skies, the green
Surroundings which are now
Showing signs of fading away
Into dim worlds of ‘progress’?

I must catch my hill town
For a conversation before I
Leave and pin a letter on the skies
“Bye, With much love”

Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding. Read other articles by Ananya S..

This article was posted on Sunday, September 20th, 2026 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.