AN ELEGY

(on the death of my teacher)

 With a hammer

            In an unfamiliar hand

And eyes

            That twinkled

All night long

            He kept wakeful hours

Over the swelling

            Steps of Death.

 

Cries of blood

            In the dark

And

            Frightful rumblings

Outside

The crouching walls

Steeled his hands

            Still further.

 

But!

            When Death did come

He lay supine

            On his nocturnal bed

Like a demur bride

            On her nocturnal couch.

~Ravi Dhar~

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