Grieving

Theme: Graveyard

Explore: 27.04.2007

 

Thousands of years merely play like fireflies in darkness.

Pyramids all about. The smell of coffins.

Moonlight upon sand. Here and there shadows of date palms

Like disintegrated columns. Assyria stands dead - humbled.

Stench of mummies on our bodies: all of life's business is finished.

"Remember?" she asked. I queried merely, "Yes?"

 

- Jibananda Das (adapted, Bengali Poet)

Done