1
One
by one
Wound
by wound,
Please
remove
All
tapes, Band-Aids
Securely
fastened
Bandages.
Let
each gash open up
Each
laceration weep;
Crimson
red blood,
Drain
the sinews
And
end the drought
In
the wilderness of my being
Let
roses bloom
Let
daffodils sprout.
2
flames
came
riding
the crest of wind
the
book with blank pages
fluttered
in my hands
pigeons
had fallen to the ground
smell
of singed feathers hung in air
iris
enveloped the land
farmers
missed the tulip days
--------------
yet
another bastardizing year has gone
time
is molesting itself in the woods
I
have lost count of stars that go down
Let
them sow the harvest of pain
Tulips
red with rage disappear from the house tops
All
rosary beads have been buried
Brilliant
chronograms on foreheads erased
Time
has come to ride the wind
And
assemble in some far-off land
And
celebrate another flock of death
3
having
done the last soul
in
the city of sun
they
entombed them
alongside
giggling infancy,
dreamy
adolescence,
and
creased wisdom
in
the grand mansions
along
the rim of the lake;
the
last abode of the great demon
then
they meticulously
hung
down from each window
a
freshly starched tricolor
and
lit a bonfire
the
final ahuti
4
I
will sing a lullaby tonight
And
lull my senses
In
to sleep
I
will keep an angel’s vigil
And
guide my soul
In
to deep
I
will burn my body
And
collect my ashes
Into
a heap
Scatter
them atop
The
hills of faith
Across
the meadows
of belief
not
a speck
shall
I keep.
5
come
let
us unlearn
whatever
we learnt
from
the manuscripts
painstakingly
written
by
ancestors
in
cold and dark nights
come
let
us begin afresh
the
search for light
Voices Within - Complete List of Poets :: Setu, January 2019
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