{"id":134457,"date":"2019-06-03T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=134457"},"modified":"2019-05-28T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:53:10","slug":"agony-of-no-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/06\/agony-of-no-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Agony of No Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>strike me down<br \/>\nwith a blow<br \/>\npull me down<br \/>\nto shreds<br \/>\nfor i hate to see<br \/>\nthat which was<br \/>\nthat which cannot<br \/>\nbe again<br \/>\nthe ghost of memories<br \/>\nrises like poison gas<br \/>\nit rises<br \/>\nand my nostrils flare<br \/>\nfor the spirit is raging<br \/>\nin stomping fury<br \/>\nwhy cannot<br \/>\ni go back<br \/>\nto a point of time<br \/>\nlive a moment again<br \/>\nwhy cannot i<br \/>\ncome down those<br \/>\nstairs again<br \/>\nwhy cannot i walk out<br \/>\nto meet you again<br \/>\nwhy cannot you<br \/>\nclasp my hand<br \/>\nand my face glow<br \/>\njust the same<br \/>\noh the misfortune<br \/>\nof coming this far<br \/>\nthe agony of no return<br \/>\nonce you have<br \/>\nlived a day<br \/>\nit\u2019s gone<br \/>\nyou cannot touch<br \/>\nit again<br \/>\n_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Preeti-Tej-Singh.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-129507 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Preeti-Tej-Singh-e1559047672769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-134458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Simantini-cover-preeti-singh.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Preeti Tej Singh has written two books of poetry: \u201c<\/em>I<em>\u201d (Sterling Publishers, Delhi), and \u201c<\/em>Simantini: (Boundless)<em>\u201d from Minerva Press; republished by Writers Workshop, Kolkata, <\/em><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1094681636\" >now available on Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0An anthology of her Hindustani poems was published by Delhi Poetree. She has worked in private, government and academic institutions, and currently resides in Bengaluru, India. Preeti is an \u201cindustry analyst by occupation and a writer by choice.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 She has freelanced for some of India\u2019s leading English dailies, and writes poetry and prose in English and Hindustani. Preeti writes poetry \u201cto purge my soul.\u201dWebsite: <\/em>\u00a0<em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/preetisinghpoetry.blogspot.com\/\" >https:\/\/preetisinghpoetry.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From her book <\/em>Simantini: (Boundless)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>strike me down<br \/>\nwith a blow<br \/>\npull me down<br \/>\nto shreds<br \/>\nfor i hate to see<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":134458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-134457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}