-Republic Day, 2021 Sometimes precious things disappear in a moment, like the flash and bang of a wedding cracker or that cat you used to feed, caught under a swerving bus; but sometimes they slip away slowly, like an early morning dream where you know you left something of great value in the train car you see sinking in the river— a box of old family photos, perhaps, or the lipstick you took from your grandmother’s table on the day she died— and you’re glad you’re safe on the shore, but by the time you come fully awake you cannot remember where the train had been going, what had broken the bridge, or how many fellow travellers now lie beneath rushing waters.Comments closed
Poems about the dark times.