Death in The Winds
written by: Talat Aafreen
@talat_aafreen
Death in the wind
Death in the cloud
Swirls of dust
Swarms on the ground.
Flies about
Utter dismay
The staccato sounds
Of deathly array.
Grim and dark
Lurks fear in the shadow
Panic, despair
Stink in the marrow.
What a sad waste!
Is this what made man?
Of the Eden on earth
That breathed calm.
Suffused in horror
Lost in shame
No more a man
No one to blame!
Talat Aafreen is a student of English Literature by training and a civil servant by profession, and is based in Odisha, India. She feels her travels and interaction with people during the course of her career have greatly enriched her as a person and reflect in her writing. When she’s not writing, she reads, cooks and paints.
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