The Black Swan
Crisis
on the horizon looms as the black swan flies
Across
from one distant land to another engulfing souls
Fighting
for survival!
Travails
of people on the road struggling for safe passage
Through
long arduous walks, beating the blackened clouds
And
dark nights pierces the soul, as the impending flight awaits!
Distanced
yet nearer, bitten and smothered,
The
closure has dried up the sources,
As they
march for safety and bread...
Stranded
on highways, the masked diktat beacons them,
Whilst
their resilience smiles upon them!
Who
knows where life or death awaits them?
Who
knows where danger and safety mocks them?
Who
knows when the swan binds them?
Who
knows when panic and resentment grips them?
And
those that risk their lives day and night for others’ safety,
Bigotry
mocks them from their own breed –
Harassed
and tormented they await justice – security!
The
black swan watches all behaviour – curling up slowly yet firmly,
Gripping
impregnable men...
Careful
for the black swan flies high...
RAJDEEP PATHAK
MARCH 29, 2020
(A poem on Covid 19)
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