I SCATTER

Dangling from the earth,

their hairs let loose
into the blue waters of the sky:
trees.

Clutching hard at the earth,
hanging, upside down:
houses.

Earth – the sky of the skies.
Walking across it, upside down:
men.

In the forest
running, upside down:
a herd of deer.

Sticking to the highways,
hanging upside down:
automobiles.

I was propelled by the clouds-
to scatter as flowers atop the earth.

Here, I come: fast, faster, downwards.
The sea reaches out, its waves held high.
Rocks stand ready, sheathed in armors.

And
I shatter.

As
red
red
flowers
all
over
this
morning.
I  s-h-a-t-t-e-r…
.

.

Translation : Rahul Kochuparambil