by Kavita Ratna
The ladder
against the wall
leaves
misshapen
shadows,
slanted in
impossible angles.
The rungs
of the real and
the surreal
end
in the middle of
a blankness.
Rising begins
where
the climb ends.
Kavita Ratna is a children's rights activist, poet, and a theatre enthusiast. Sea Glass is her collection of poems published by Red River. Her poems have appeared in The Kali Project: Invoking the Goddess within, A little book of serendipity, The Wise Owl, Triveni Hakai India, Haiku in Action, the Scarlet Dragonfly, the Cold Moon Journal, Five Fleas Itchy poetry, Stardust Haiku, Leaf (Journal of The Daily Haiku), and Parcham.