Walking Toeless

by Satish Verma

Stone by stone you kill me.
Petal by petal I die -

holding a scalpel
to unwrite my name.

Violence
erupts among words.
A temple breaks.
O Goddess! Don't cry beyond silence.

The infant's milk
spills in darkness.
Antiquity raises a wall
around the mother.

I am vanishing now,
freezing my assets.

13-Feb-2013

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