Mona Bedi

empty house
a pair of feet follow me
from room to room

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

Jallianwala bagh 
voices of the dead 
resound from a well

— Mona Bedi

abandoned office

high pitched giggles

from behind a door

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

haunted house
only the dust bunnies 
talk to me

— Mona Bedi

insomnia

a hand out of nowhere

pats me to sleep

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

city pub
the waitress pours maggots
from her mouth

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

winter chill
a skeleton burns bones
to make a bonfire

— Mona Bedi

lonely drive

an upside down body

runs alongside the car

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

dark ocean
an old woman walks 
on the waves

— Mona Bedi

sleepless—

her dead grandpa

sings a lullaby

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

mountain trek—
bodiless footsteps 
follow her

— Mona Bedi

abandoned fort

sound of anklet bells

in the corridors

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

night train—
a headless man
gives me company

— Mona Bedi

ancestral house

my dead grandma sings

me a lullaby

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

lonely night
her dead grandmother
gives her company

— Mona Bedi

suddenly awakened

she finds herself hanging

from the ceiling

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

harvest moon
the scarecrow talks to me
in dad’s voice

— Mona Bedi

dusk fall

sounds of laughter

from an empty swing

— Mona Bedi

Mona Bedi

long dead
he sees himself
on the pyre

— Mona Bedi