Listening

They walk in dreams
nightmarishly
spirits of nameless faces
staring without eyes.

The screams :
of a child
on whom you poured boiling water.

The screams :
of a girl made to wear only flesh, because
she ran away with a priest.

The screams :
of a wipped woman
who tasted the laughing moonlight.

Death makes a big hole
in a spooky silence !
Are you listening ?



SATISH VERMA
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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January 23, 2010 at 11:04 PM
I am listening indeed, and still trying to understand...you're way above my head, Satish, but your lines and words are exquisite! - Tim
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