Poetry Has Gone To Sleep, poetry written by Gauri Dixit at Spillwords.com
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Poetry Has Gone To Sleep

Poetry Has Gone To Sleep

written by: Gauri Dixit

 

poetry has gone to sleep
somewhere deep
in the folds of the bedcover
like a cute baby
making me almost wish that I did not have to suffocate her
but if not today
then when?

my eyes leave dents in the wall
deep as Monalisa’s smile
I just hope that I am able to rescue it
when tomorrow gets lost in this ravine
I can see carcasses of many days
signs of struggle to survive are seen everywhere
few days almost rescued
and few dead at the bottom of the pit

this
wall
is
a
cemetery

tomorrow

if she is suffocated enough
I will bury poetry there
and paint a few wreaths of red and blue flowers

we never fail to honour our dead

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