Natalidita NK is a graduate of Delhi University. Her career as a juggler of English Literature and content development for youth employment skills curricula is coming to an end, but her journey as a poet has just begun.

Natalidita Ningthoukhongjam

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Disintegration

Flecks of cotton propelled by the wind
Wish they would carry me along
Their elated flight, their haphazard dance
My ache of knowing shall then disperse
Into the all-absorbing air

And I'll be, oh I will be
The momentarily swallowed breath
That helps you live a little longer