Is this helplessness,
dilemma
or a mental impasse
that the lifeless yesterday
        unable to even repeat itself
        still creeps around
        as Vetala – the vampire; and
confronts
like a question mark -
disrupting the progress of today,
jeopardizing the aspirations of tomorrow?

When will
this chicanery end?

Awaken from slumber
        O Vikramaditya!
Pick up the sword of discrimination
sever and annihilate
the ghastly parasites of the past.

Liberation from yesterday
should become the path
to the doorstep of Salvation

This journey must start now.