Emotionally Unavailable

Wondering why I’m emotionally unavailable?

Remember, once flowers played and fruits laughed

Upon the countenance of Sahara

until humans did that which they did with me.

Now the children cite Sahara\’s reference

when they are asked to name a desert.

About The Author

Aparajita Dutta

Aparajita Dutta is a writer, poet, social activist and a research scholar from Kolkata, India. She has completed her M.Phil in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University in 2015. She has been the contributing author of Tell Me a Story, published by Penguin India. Aparajita has written for other books, magazines, and websites as well. Her interests are football, gender rights, disability, and translation. Samples of her writing can be found on her blog: www.crystallasia.wordpress.com.