A Falcon, a Cobra, a Pedestrian, and Art of Death

A Falcon
                   It swoops.	
                Its eyes are 
                a pair of                 
	    visual images	
                of wildness.
                Its micro-mind
                stretches into
                voracious rapture
                while soaring 
                with its prey.
A Cobra 

                 It wriggles 
                within the claws,
                a closed space
                for discharging
                opposite energies –
                to eat, to exist.

A Pedestrian

                  The cobra slips out
                 and lands on his
                 shoulder. Winding,
                 it bites on his neck.
                 Already a half-
                 carcass, it succumbs.
                 Later, he too. A 
                 meandering death –
                 from the sand 
                 through the air,
                 then straight down
                 to his neck 
                 out of the blue.   

Art Of Death

                    Death seems an
                   art in diversity. 
                   Ultimate charm 
                   of creation is in
                   its abstract end. 
                   Many make it 
                   awkward with 
                   anxieties arising
                   from blood and 
                   gold; a few, serene 
                   through realization.
First published in Skylight 47, Ireland

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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