Latitudes of Longing

by Shubhangi Swarup

Only god could help him endure the loneliness created by their separate

beds. For a brief moment, the atheist wanted to believe in god.

“To value a lemon is to value the wisdom of all creation.

In Girija Prasad’s personal history, Mount Harriet will always be the place of sunsets.

They share a pot of tea in silence. By the end of it, both have reached the same conclusion. Neither can make it alone.

The Poet looked at him with tenderness. A glance was enough. The Warden answered his own question. “In the cosmic ocean, the lowest is the highest

and the highest is the lowest,” the Warden said.