Confluence

By Nidhi Agrawal

In this collection, Nidhi Agrawal cohabits the distinctive landscapes: her observations, stories, the anatomy of the human race, the complex structure of the human mind, philosophy and she confronts the considerable predicament between the reality and illusion. There are poems of wild questions about psychological factors that shape a certain set of behaviours and reactions, as there are poems mourning the loss of the season and nature. This is also a book of coming together with the self and forming a Confluence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nidhi Agrawal
• Release date: Jul 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201543501

Nidhi Agrawal

Nidhi Agrawal has a background in communication design in media and entertainment spaces. She strongly feels that poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder; a tool that keeps her going in life, driven by the intense physical and emotional trauma she experiences through her medical condition. Her work has been published in Chronogram Media, Yale University, South Asian Today, Indian Periodical, Spill Words Press, Rising Phoenix Review and Setu Journal, and elsewhere. She lives in Bihar, India.

Book preview

SHIV TATTVA

On some days, 

I am Sati.

On some days,

I am Parvathi.

You created me and filled me with

Maya (Illusion).

Set me free,

I offer my sins (Paap) and piety (Punya)

At your feet to become

Empty and hollow.

Will you become Gunagrahin (Acceptor of gunas) to consume my righteousness?

I ask you, 

Will you become Hara (Remover of sins)

To cleanse your creation?

I am your Sati,

I am your Parvathi.

You have to liberate me from the cycle of 

Birth and Death,

Only then,

Shiva Tattva will blossom

Between us, Shiva!

Theme: Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder is characterised by the presence of two or more distinct personality identities. Each may have a unique name, personal history and characteristics.