Shame and Fear

Between the yellow moon
and black stones
pours the river of mourning
in maze of silent night.

At the top of the world –
blue eyes were buried live,
under the incense of palaces.
They stood, unmoved in the corridors of metal tracks.

Mowed down with concrete,
lights had gone from the windows.
Unlit walls returned the legends.
Dictators deferred the hanging -

Of truth. Decided to live in glass house
for sometime. Lilies were growing between the graves.
A green dagger was splitting open the wounds
of mirrors in shame and fear.

SATISH VERMA
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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December 1, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Congratulations Satish on your well deserved featured poem this week. Love, Carol
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November 29, 2011 at 6:07 AM
Found this poem inspiring and thoughtful -
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