Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Child


I heard the cry of a child


like the faint bleating of a lamb


Like the tingling of bells


In the gelly balls,in the pictures of Lord Ganesha


I hear that innocent sobbing


When I look at the innocent


And cute faces of the children


I am, haunted by some memories


The violent and brutal beating


The ferocity of the hidden wolf


The serenity of the tears


All these are my days and nights


I beat and pat with the same hand


Is this that Cobra named male chauvinism?


Is it that contemptuous sadism?


Oh! my child! sleep well on my lap


I shall croon a lullaby for you


With the same mouth I use to curse you.

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