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I dreamt of bombs last night!
People were scurrying for cover,
cowering with fright.
What was this world coming to?
The lovers’ rendezvous
was usurped by malevolent masked men.
When did this happen and why?
It triggered a black hole of anxiety
within me. Sigh!
within me. Sigh!
I have practiced the art of deception to
an incredible degree.
an incredible degree.
Going around wearing a mask always -
no easy task!
no easy task!
But with the explosion of bombs anew -
the mask cracked from side to side.
the mask cracked from side to side.
Everyone could see my tears!
Why is there murder, mayhem, and
genocide?
genocide?
Everyone could see the lines of fear
on my face.
on my face.
What an absolute disgrace!
Why is there devastation, suppressed hurt,
and rampant hate?
and rampant hate?
Everyone could hear my muted screams.
I got up with sleep kinks in my eyes to
see a grasshopper hopping from plant to plant
with great aplomb and a butterfly flitting.
Flitting - flitting - flitting!
Another bomb went off!
Oh, it was only a balloon - bomb, followed by
a litany of chuckles.
A tiny tot had deflated a balloon and was happy at
this explosion.
The nervous breakdown that I was about
to have had been averted.
to have had been averted.
The balance had not tipped over!
Joyous, I broke into audacious dance moves.
Nature tittered, rejoining:
Nature tittered, rejoining:
“Who taught you these dance moves?”
“You
You
You!”
I replied, spinning and pirouetting as a robin
broke into song.
broke into song.
A tiny boy headed towards a whimpering pup
and offered it a bowl of hot milk.
and offered it a bowl of hot milk.
I could glimpse a smile of gratitude on
the pup’s face
the pup’s face
as it slurped up the white treasure.
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| Dr. Santosh Bakaya |
Internationally acclaimed for her poetic biography of Mahatma Gandhi, Ballad of Bapu, Dr. Santosh Bakaya is an academic, poet, novelist, essayist, creative writing mentor, and TEDx speaker with more than thirty well-received books to her credit. She writes a weekly column, Morning Meanderings in Learning and Creativity.com, and her TEDx talk on The Myth of Writer’s Block is very popular in creative writing circles.
