Short Unmaking Poems

Prose… 
Has a room built in
For the reader
To crawl inside
And sleep

Maybe
More than one room,
Unmaking all beds
That the Poet 
  —has so carefully made

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)...

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Estranged from the familiar
you made me by unmaking me
for getting tired too soon
of fostering 
like I was
an unwanted child, 
yet still you are the one
who have become unparented;
an Orphan King 
in a Borrowed Land,
always 
halfway to a 
hallway of 
all ways....

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Where would we be
without the bomb
Was Einstein a savior
or devil aplomb
Our power the fire
all enemies dread
Till stealing its physics  
unmaking our bed

The world on the edge
of a looming abyss
Missiles entombing
a terrorist wish
Tomorrow unpromised
all time day to day
Eternity waiting
—forever to blame

(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: May, 2022)...

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Tomorrow’s lullaby
in footnotes to Dylan
Tomorrow blistering
confronting the sun

Tomorrow lingering
while calling your name
Temptation disguising
what’s never to come

Tomorrow’s redemption
the present to ransom 
Tomorrow in voices
a chorus of ghosts

Tomorrow forgiving
each sin of unmaking
Tormenting each moment
—you treasure the most

(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)...

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Blossomed solitary, a flower unseen
Colors missed; hues ignored
Fragrances ne'er sniffed
Scattered into emptiness

By planters 'n florists 
Makers unmaking their creatures 
Leaving them derelict
Forlorn in a floral paradise

Alone inside a packed bouquet
Kindred flowers, strangers by design
Precious little to share 
Save for empty stares

© Alwi Shatry, All Rights Reserved.  February 24, 2020...

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Unmaking the bond 
between cause and effect. 
You start throwing stones 
as a mark of intimacy.

Ipomea:
You wanted to learn the 
art of blooming silently 
at dawn.

Huddled like solar flares 
before colliding with 
a drift, you wanted me to live 
for eternity.

Watching sperm dance 
without tails 
in bell jar.

It was barely visible.
Cultivating a digital entry.
This was becoming 
a terror-haven.


Satish Verma...

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