Monday, October 21, 2019

shaded love




in the shaded of bougainvelia,
the lovers woo secretly-
oblivious of the angry sun outside.
like the pieces of coloured tracing paper
the dried flow- petals,

are raining upon them incessantly.

but no new word begins
where this shade ends.

all of a sudden,
some wild foot-strokes penetrate into their hearts
- her hare-like belly contracts,
- a wounded pigeon frightens under her breast,
- in their restrained respiration something ominous is looming.
- their eyes are aghast with the layers of of unformed tears,
- their helplessness is embracing each other.

as a hunter flays the hide of a deer
he splits apart their hugging
and roars like a lion :
“you love the person
whose shadow we hate ?”

the scared and innocent couple
is pulled asunder.
the white buds and green foliage of jasmine
crept along with the bougainvalia
are scratched down the ground violently
together with them

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