The Flame

by Shernaz Wadia

You talk of death

not having feared life

your freedom

hooked, dangling from

tyrannical claws

you await death

as you are roasted

on the grill of torture

smoked dignity spiraling

towards callous gods

humanity beggared

by despotic vagaries

the shroud of oppression

you transform

into a pennant proud

the smoldering pyre

of your aspirations

glows eternal

to light passages

of darkened times

for generations unborn

Views: 1401 Comments: 0