Nakedness

Dying piece by piece in shock –
a life without a mutiny.
Walking amidst blue kraits
you never raised the stick.

Of extinct possibilities in the night
of unmanned crossing-
the blood streaked globe goes on
revolving round the blazing sun.

Short legged pygmies waving
to tall peaks of ice from the 
burnt-out shelters, to learn
obedience again.

Crushed and upturned, we lost
each other in the jungle of
uncertainties. Peeled off skin
made us afraid of each other.


SATISH VERMA
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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September 20, 2010 at 9:30 AM
a lot can be read into this work; almost self defining. i enjoyed this. thank you, chuck
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