Nagasaki

by Dr. Sutapa Chaudhuri

rejection confines

the very fibre of life

bones chilled

frost bitten

flesh seared

bleeding

permeating tangible death

burnt shadows of bird life

etched deep

into exiled souls

unfeeling ashes

dig out callous imprints

on stone

mushroom clouds hover

dark threatening

hope shatters into tiny fragments

miniscule slivers hurt

piercing momentarily

hiding the burns inside

every atom

reduced to the bomb

just darkness remains

as a deep dull silence

reigns

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