Recall

Folder: 
Satish Verma

The men were pulled out 
from homes, 
died on road, 
burned to bones and ashes. 

At the behest of tall, 
unforgiving state. 

Compulsion of armchair and mansion 
distorts, the regrets 
of centuries. 

The stones, 
blameless flowers, 
spurting blood 
do not recall any God.