Change
written by: Sherin Mary Zacharia
Age-old conventions
Things big and small
Blind practices
No true reasons
Nothing questioned nor contested.
Mind changes like water
To ice, frozen
With no response.
Then waits for a wind
To throw a sparkle of fire.
Music to some
A wolf’s howl to those who had
Found a full moon night
Most fearsome.
Can change go up and away
Boil, bubble, rise up
As vapour
Disappear
And fall-back crash
Flow off and
Disappear
Changes appear
Change and disappear
Changes changed many
Changed itself
Transformed
Became convention new
Constantly fearing a change.
Sherin Mary Zacharia has contributed to various English Anthologies. Recipient of Asia region first prize under 17 category for poetry contest by Common Wealth Youth Council (2017), National Trust “Autism Marvel” award by the Social Justice ministry Govt. of India (2017), Reuel International prize for poetry (2017), Certificates for participating in National Poetry Writing Month (2020,2021) conducted online by a poets’ group. Sherin has published a book “Moonlight”, a collection of poems and short prose in 2018. She had started to write short stories from an age as young as seven, later finding her interest in English poetry. Being on the autistic spectrum and minimally verbal she writes about disability, mental health and similar issues. Poetry is her preferred means of expressing herself. She loves nature, travelling, film songs and good food. She lives in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala in India with parents, sister and pet cat.
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