Child And Dead Going Back
child and dead going back
meet midstreet
there is no recognition
the child carried anger
sacred a pot of fire
trying to see
the lights and places he knew
one too fiercely shy
and the other ashamed
cross careless as
sticks pitched for burning
could the child have denied
the casual callous acknowledgment
of an omen?
the child going forth did not know
- 1967 (?)
poem by Umashankar Manthravadi
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