15 October, 2022

No Negativity

The virgin blue lake
calls the flying seagulls. It was very
deep, but less than the pain of a poet.

The water leaps to
catch the moon. No dance of flames
to drink the hemlock of the love.

I have lost my appetite.
There are luminous gems on my
smoking hands. I will swallow the sun.

Satish Verma

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