Sunday, April 7, 2013

DEATH (For Irom Sharmila)


Death, you are too weak to have a nap on your lap.
Either you are too strong to hug the woman, Menghaobi*,
- the most beautiful woman on earth.
Death, you are too ashamed in front of the Indian Army,
You simply deny to recite your own part.
Death, your performance depends upon the audience's cry,
This time we won't cry, we simply deny,
This time, on the face of humanity, you are a mere dirt.

Death, in a nasogastric tube, you are stuck
Time is stilled so.
Only the men in uniform are in flux
Who are actually dead in spirit long ago.

*Menghaobi: the fair one, Manipuri

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