The Sublime in the Ordinary

So much of growing up is already burnt ground.

 

Parents are didactic and seem more of a necessary evil, the body is unruly and doesn't listen, boys don't know what to do with their large hands, and whether they should keep or cut their soft moustaches, girls are embarrassed by the uncontrollable changes in their body, and then there are boyfriend problems and the fact that someone has an active sex life and you have none.

 

Growing up then seems less a hope-filled vision and more of a car pile. Nothing ever seems to go right.

 

In this scenario, to have one's head set steady and to figure out what is right, in all the wrong one keeps blundering into,  is what sets the template for the rest of one's life.

 

I am Sunil Bhandari.

 

I am a poet based out of India. My book of poetry 'Of Love and Other Abandonments' was an Amazon bestseller. My second book is 'Of journeys & Other Ways to Get Lost'. Both are available on Amazon.

Get the podcast, a lovely free book of poems and other resources here .

Follow me on Instagram at @sunilgivesup.

Get in touch with me on uncutpoetrynow@gmail.com