Elegy For Heidi

Elegy for Heidi I The clock ticks away. But there is no layer of time and no decision to make. II I have been jaywalking on the edge of the roof for the last few weekends; down below the grass looks already dark, depressed, as if death has made it. then a bird, a simple blackbird sits on the bough. It cries out and a hand rises from the green earth like a bride waking from her bridal night, gleaming. I know, I know, I know, we are all life’s disciples. III “Come on, wake up!” “My God, you are from East. It is Still night here.” She said. =© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar