Birth Untainted

It in now dark.
Talking of exposed genitalia
I go into a terrible shock.

A compulsive deceit
takes hold of the attention.
The candle burns me inside.

Between eyes
a *chakra uncoils, like a Naja.
Strikes ! You are stricken-


with a bulbar palsy.
No haemorrhage. A purple venom
spreads in the whole nativism.

Voices move in half-lit corridor.
The doors do not lead to rooms.
All exits disappear.

A chandelier crashes. You
are awakened from a deep slumber.
A poem is born.

*In Indian thought a chakra is the center of spiritual power in the 
human body. They are seven in numbers.

Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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November 19, 2013 at 7:28 AM
† Tis Obvious As Wonderful, Knowing, That Many Lives About This Globe Worship, Our Heavenly Holy Father, Amid Different Lights Yet A Light All The Same * Faith, Speaks In Truth Yes, That One Day 'His Children,' Shall Be Gathered Together Amid Love's Arms ˜ No Shadows Nor Squeeking Doors Haunting Passages Sceaming, Babies Waking From Nightmares. You Are Very Special And Your Poetry, Profound Of Beauty ˜ Happy Life To You, Better, 'Happy Holidays' ˜ Love John
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