SHATTERED TO SING !

Shattered  by the ceaseless showers

From an insistent  cloudy sky,

Battered by a rough wind,

Bitten by bees and beetles

And  by each passing butterfly;

I bleed, I fall as thousand  shreds of petals

On leaves and grass beneath my feet

Soaked in  by the Sun all  dry

And  know not how to hold on

In the face of ravages

Wrought by my own cunning lovers

Who called me softly by my million names

Before kissing   me away to their formal ‘ bye’

As I shrank  like a bride new and shy.

Now look how they still continue to suck

From my  nameless wombs

The nectar from  honeycombs

As they plod on my body with their fling

And their  ruthless sting

I  quiver , I shiver before

I recollect those words of love spoken then

I compose songs of my broken wing

Before to you all I sadly  but sweetly sing.

Comp. n copy right : saroj k. padhi

21/08/14