1.
The crescendo of familiar chappals
Marching with determined pace
Towards the door you haven’t latched.
2.
The Doppler Effect on your shouted name
Emerging from the other side
Of a bathroom door securely latched.
3.
The muffled whistle of a masked sigh,
Amidst the clicketty unlatching,
Of backside doors on an ambulance.
Minakhi Misra 