Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 5, Number 1. May 2022. ISSN: 2581-7094
No Bridges Anymore
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Sitas would never get enchanted by a
deer!
Not
anymore!
Full-stop.
No
comma, no ellipse, no exclamation.
It’s a
simple full-stop.
Where
are the deers anymore?
Tigers
or lions
To
attack them and prey on them
Have
also vanished.
Humans
have preyed on all animals –
The
wildest of the wild!
Not
only the deers, lions and tigers are no more,
Gone
are the ‘Vanars’ too
Who
once built the bridge to Lanka
To let Rama
meet his Sita!
Now,
there will be no bridges of love!
There
will only be destruction and chaos,
For
humans are acquiring the wild characteristics
And
are out to kill each other!
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