Deeply Scarred

There was no sky over your 
head. You sidestep the lake 
and drown in a stream.

After carpet bombing of 
scars, you missed the moon 
and skimmed by
virtue of birth.

Lifting the stony vices 
for thanksgiving. A puppet-
dies on a string. Nobody
claims the body.

Mistrust runs deep. You
will not ride the tiger-
again. The urn contains the
ashes of blue eyes.


Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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