Sarah Das Gupta

Legacies

                         she’s the darkest student in my class
                                           the most beautiful
                             light looks for the curve of her cheeks
                             the fathomless pool of her eyes
                             black hair swirls shades of blue
                             in the sunlight of a dusty street
                             my colleagues say she’s too dark
                             more Kali than Lakshmi they say
                             and praise the fairest of girls
                             pale ghosts of dead memsahibs

Sarah Das Gupta is 81 years young. She started writing 6 months ago when spending time in hospital after a serious accident She is currently re-learning to walk. She lives near Cambridge in UK and has had work published online and in print.