Rain-washed winds swayed brittle brown boughs
Hurting forth April leaflets pink with pain.
Spring-heralds in all lands, seem to discern human woes,
[Season-lapsed by latitude, yet comfortingly humane]
"Eyes for an eye", a song sparrow whispered
[Idioms history-proofed to comfortably dismiss
Thousands labelled "collateral damage" -
Never mourned, never medalled
Unforgiven, unforgotten
Corollaries to a 'higher' cause]
Persecution, alienation, estrangement, hostility -
Several scarce used words unveiled their meanings.
The fear of an enemy was re-incarnated.
The power of nightmares
[Infused into armor and rapier]
Wielded and struck anew.
A brood of eyrie-born, myopic eaglets rejoice -
The scorpion king was squashed in a distant desert.
May 4th, 2011.
Almost from the classical age! Such ornaments and
ReplyDeletemyopic eaglets rejoice -
The scorpion king was squashed in a distant desert.
Love this.