Anisha Dutta Poet Etheree

Unbearable Beauty In White

Unbearable White                   Double Etheree

                                 Death
                                to face.
                               Unbearable.
                                Inevitable.
                             No consolation.
                       Dear ones still alive, mourn.
                         Mourning dress in India
                     is white: unbearable emptiness.
                  Sorrow - grief or loss, colorless white
                 to pay last respect to the passing soul.

                Before decades, still now-a-days somewhere
                    in India, white dress for widows
                     mandatory, making their lives
                      absolute dull passionless
                          shocking painful all white
                               devoid of color,
                                  yet pure serene
                                       unbearable
                                          beauty.
                                            White.

  10/28/16
                UNBEARABLE BEAUTY IN..... Contest by Frank Herrara

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Jan Allison October 28, 2016 at 3:19 PM Beautiful but sad Anishahow interesting white is the colour of mourning yet to the western christian world the colour white is for brides.good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx