Fabiyas M V Poet Free verse

I Resist

Even a microscopic virus petrifies me.
I resist this latest design of death
with mask and sanitizer. 

I withstand the horny words 
that gore me.

The waves of temptation pass through my veins:
I resist them like an elephant in chains. 

A headstone of pain reminds me 
of an aching past.
I resist my memory 
smoldering as the dried dung. 

I resist the reek 
with the perfume of poetry.
My fresh thoughts strengthen my tires 
like Kevlar.

Summer is sweltering.
I resist the drought like a camel.

Anxieties flood with the monsoon water.
I resist the lunatic weather.

Things to be resisted are plenty 
in the pod of time.
‘To live is to resist.’

First published in The Literary Hatchet (issue #28).

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