Happenings

A transient smile lights up a moonless
landscape,catalyzing the woes of
labour of hot arguments. A fragile

peace prevails. When the plot thickens
let me count the bodies in the domain
of a wasted god.

Meanwhile I will get an interim sunless
day to find the mystery of believers.
A bridge had ultimately collapsed.

In the panic room, no image filters.
You continue to draw the nudes of goddesses
and distance yourself from the rubble of axes.

Battle-scarred earth throws up
a severed head of a patriarch
who refused to open his eyes.



Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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January 10, 2010 at 11:11 AM
This is a work of light- warming the heart of poet and reader. I love "In the panic room, no image filters." This parallels my poem, "Prescience." Just gorgeous, Satish.
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