Life's An Attempted Forgery

By Megha Das

Life’s an attempted forgery.

There’s this moment

when you’re just there.

There’s no then and no when.

You just know the present, tensed.

Past the untold sorrow of an undercover tomorrow.

No forever and hence.

Beyond a false sense

of carefree control. No consuming rigmarole.

Here and now

is when you’re free.

Is it all momentary?

Life’s an attempted forgery.

By Megha Das