Nowheres

Attending to my laments,
reading a poem to myself 
I could not foresee an incoming missile.

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How could you change the world 
when a black and white magpie 
writes the script of life ?

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A god once told me 
in whispers, he wants to 
die in the shadeless sun.



Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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