Beyond The Stars

Folder: 
Satish Verma

Coming from the dark― 
to deceptive bloodletting. 
The light was my father. 

That eternal moment 
of pine cone― 
to become the third eye. 

The ancient memory 
becomes vandalized. I 
still treat it with respect. 

The unclaimed truth was 
yours. I wanted to retrieve 
the spoken word. 

Incongruously brazen 
was your thrust, exhorting 
me to drown.