lonely traveler

When night unconstrained its surreptitious tentacles,

a name knocked with a known rhythm

an icy numbness ran through my dizzy nerves,

blended with old proverbial whispers

accents, votes, I probably forgot

I was cataleptic all through these years

And followed carefully frequencies of that rhythm

till “breathe’’ inscribed on the road sign



I passed by rigid Rivers, walked by molten rocks

cool desert breeze and dusty mountain heights

Death was riding on a new moon chariot;

Life was smelting along the night fall, fading away with orange beams

Freedom was nightwatching an ancient darkness,

blood, sweat, saliva & stem cell a stranger stole all silvery nights

White security was guarding black money,

Green culture did welcoming pink bride’s dreams



Love mutated to grow two razor sharp eyes,

now the Goddess of law was free to unwind

Hate, found a permanent host,

multiplied within, till humanity was lost

for ever

Forests, signing on the longest ever NOC

mines donated multiple organs

all of them unique kind

Clouds shifting their belongings

scared of biological weapon,

to an unidentified destination



I longed for some shadows

To hold my hand, lead me to the lonely traveler

Who paints with a shoe brush

And winks like a Roman soldier.