Writers Jam

portals

by piyush
16
6 days ago
A Tale of Time Travel

sometimes
i forget
daydreams are
                         portals
into timelines
which never existed

memory reinvents itself
under its own gaze
soft brushstrokes of time
revealed, revealing

the big banyan tree
its roots interwoven, holding
that open veranda
a trickster’s playground

walking slowly in winding alleys
इलाइची दूध और आटे के बिस्किट
falling asleep to myths
falling into
                        portals

early morning birdsong
a rendezvous with stars
roots that run deep
across oceans separating lands

can you hear the echoes?
or see the mark left behind
for only your eyes?
is it time to cross the threshold?

words are
                        portals
too, bending time
to face the muse


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Anonymous
> falling asleep to myths falling into                         portals :nodding fervently: dreams as alternate timelines >>> also liked the way u’ve imagined the physicality of time travel either through the roots of the banyan tree (the branching of time), the verandah (an in-between), the turns in alleys (choices). (i hope i am making sense; great writing regardless.)
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