Rudimentary Thoughts

So near and so far 
you live together 
sorting through the detritus of life.

        *

The erosion 
sends back the gravel, 
the sand and silt of human script.

        *

The violence, 
will it end someday ? Asks 
a child playing with a time bomb.


Satish Verma
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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