a new sunset

                                    1

what did you do with your elder son today ?

did you refuse to sign his notebook

for not topping the class

did you forget the everyday kiss 

slumped in your dusty office files

did you scold him for chatting 

with the flower girl and the servant maid

                                     2

what will be the issue with your neighbour this evening?

will you quarrel over the 3 inches

his compound wall intruded on your side

or take up your wife's side

in the skirmishes of metro water pump

perhaps it will be the  war for the drumsticks his little daughter 

stole from your overhanging branches..

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let the engines of production halt ,

turn this city over in its sleepless awake 

let the skyscrapers come down on their camel knees

stop teaching math and science and blood tainted human history

JUST FOR TODAY

 

bring the children back home 

and bestow kisses in compound interest

for all the forgotten days..

take them to the beach and lie beside their tender hearts

twine their hands with yours

and teach them how to love

a new sunset is unfolding before your very eyes now..

Reviews

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. the setting is spectacular ... the choice of words is spectacular ... it's a very vivid symphony ... and because change needs to be inspired and not demanded ... section 3 works beautifully as it is inspiring, magical and lyrical ... beautiful poetry, dear V. ... very memorable ...