Thy Will Shall Prevail

VOORPRET*

This is a word from the Dutch, without an exact English translation, but which means
“the anticipatory excitement before something happens.”

UNFORGETTABLE

Your Love Keeps Me Alive (Bilingual)

Although she’s no longer here on this forum, a shout out  and a big hand for Nandita for being her usual helpful self in assisting me with my Hindi!

AFTERGLOW

A week since.

The memory of the smile reappears
into the foreground.

The kohl-rimmed eyes, that hair let loose,
they come back.