Vignettes of a South African Township called Mdantsane

Thursday, August 26, 2010

forest

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words and feelings grew rampantly
in a forest of distant thunder
in sleep
in corrosion
only the eye flickered
catching a ray
sometimes
strange is this time
stranger is you
strange is unresolved
mindful
of
tomorrow

dawn
the fort banks off
at another
angle.

Poem and Watercolor by Amitabh Mitra

2 comments:

  1. A perfect example of "unified sensibility"....great...Amitabh...you are a poet apart...

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