Monday, 20 March 2017

How The Moon Lives

History is a cheat, you know that well
He hides those stories of your genes that sing
And makes mountains of men who did massacres 
You, a poet, whose words paint unneeded love
What use you are to those who see 
With twin eyes of wins and losses?

Geography; She doesn't mean to, but she lies
One day's contours on a map, meant to live 
For as long as memory and not a day more
You, a sailor whose maps are drawn from the stars
What use you are to those who use 
Quarter books to define boundaries of islands?

Footprints of false histories all through your maps 
If you care to know,that lonesome moon was lost 
And ever since she came under the spell 
Of a spinning globe weaving ancient tales
She stayed on for the wedding feast and learnt 
How to marry words with lost maps and live 









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