Thursday, June 10, 2021

COLOURS

 

The bright red flames tirelessly burning

seeking no respite.

Melting chimneys, spewing grey colour,

mangled with loss and pain.

The twin colours of black and white fungus,

disrobing an eye somewhere and a limb elsewhere

still racing an incessant marathon.

Reluctant eyes stare at sandalwood tinged horizontal sights 

filling public spaces,

Vertical lines; clustered in frustrated indoor stretches

on unrested black and white tiles. 


Tender eyes eagerly awaiting 

to gaze at blue and white uniforms.

Rainbow visible at best in moist cupboards,

Sleek cars solitarily cruise patients in blue-green scrubs

returning with one or two less.

A nation with vibrant hues and festivals 

replaced by numbers dying and numbers positive.

The red virus drenching us all in a kaleidoscope

of agony, isolation, anguish and despair.












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