Whispers: Modern Halloween

SPIRITS

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They tell me about life and death

I talk to them too, constantly

When I am awake, I dream

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TSUNAMI 2004

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Like an enchantress, Sea gathered her skirt 

The waves moved away from the shore 

And I thought she will fly 

Some followed her on the open sea bed 

Lured as she tentatively revealed her bare thighs 

and then she unleashed her naked fury 

A big wall of rage swept across, in all consuming terror 

A few survived the surge but then many died inside 

Engulfed in her passionate cries

Few days later, I found a little girl curled up on the beach 

Small hands holding some sea shells 

as waves lapped her dead smile.... 

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Written after Tsunami in 2005, 

While working with an NGO near Chennai, India

911
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Nine is divine
One is one
Humbled in collective pain
We stand in silence
While the world calls 911
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A tribute to the victims of 911

@2010

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

Submitted to Jingle Potluck WK 8 

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