Voices

Folder: 
Satish Verma

When the sun goes down bleeding 
beyond the hills yonder, 
I will meet you under 
the acacias. 

As a souvenir I will keep 
your lips in my books for history. 
As a gift I will give you 
my tears. 

This desert of hate has bleached 
my fingers, bone white. 
I cannot write a monologue 
of death in waning light. 

I wake to sleep in blasts. 
My palms hold out the great silence.