MIDNIGHT CRY

No use abusing
or cursing anyone when
restless and breathless
I cry to God to help me
for a while let me sleep

sexless meditate
in the darkest of hours
negotiate peace
with self and rest even if
I exist in my sufferings

--R.K.SINGH

PULSATILLA

Flower beds
purple pulsatilla
winter's end
--R.K.SINGH

THREAT

We chase myths in self-made Amazon
fish turtles that change colour in new waters

we create landscape of nightmares and wade through
anacondas that threaten our confidence

lost in the jungles of our own making
we beat about the thorny grasses now

look for the twin flames for convenience
cloud judgment and reality for control

challenge the Republic and divide
the defence that could never be


--R.K.SINGH

REPUBLIC DAY

Wrapped in fog
one more Republic Day--
Gandhi's statue


--R.K.SINGH

UGANDA

TWO HAIKU


1.

Piercing her daughter's ears
to save from sacrifice
for prosperity



2.

Feeding spirits with
limbs of uncircumsised boys
a Ugandan witch



--R.K.SINGH

EMPTY SHELLS

Walking along the beach
they collect empty shells
that fascinate senses
in the salty air

feel the life now no more
but argue about the sex
of a conch ignoring
the fishermen's song

--R.K.SINGH

IN the OPEN
A Reflective poem
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