Theme: Betrayal

B.Com., MBA, CA, CEO

Like garishly painted mouth
set in a sallow face
her name gazed fixedly
from a corpulent file
a repugnant mausoleum
on the book-strewn table;
a putrid, festering ulcer
gnawing into his paternal vanity.
The glazed certificates
proclamations of a rising star
in the corporate firmament.
The letters of commendations,
her pride and glory and gateway
to dreams uncensored…
 
Not one was apt to replace
the blood-drenched salwar
the ripped-off khameez.
Not one worthy to conceal
her shredded dignity
left ruthlessly bare
on her lifeless form
as she met her end
in the guise
of a trusted colleague
 
He added a final certificate
the one that closed her file…
 

29-Sep-2012

More By  :  Shernaz Wadia

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Comments on this Poem

Comment Shernaz, you have well captured in -Vivid word images the brutal truth. Your rage spills over. Thanks!6

Mamta Agarwal
30-Nov-2018 02:00 AM

Comment So shocking, yet real as one looks around.Best.

Sony Dalia
30-Sep-2012 13:24 PM


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