It Was Pindrop Silence

Into the nightscape, 
an earthen lamp ushers in 
    the new year.

         *

    I will look
back at the bright moon
    hung on a tree.

          *

    In misty dawn
the suspense grows deeper.
    There was a huge explosion.

Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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