The Finale

The heart stops midbeat
The rhythm pulsates, lingers
The music plays on.

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Corridor

It's a tale of contrasts.

Day peeps in,

night lurks, time unseen

meanders.

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Unfurling

The never-ending narrative.

 Life unfurls

around every curve

in slow swirls.

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Fall

The finale. 

Watched for long, waited

all 'round the wall, breath bated,

for the final fall.

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Life

Intro... Drama... The End.

 A matinee
unreeled and wrapped up
by destiny.

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Time

And the wheels roll on.

Sujatha Warrier

Endless road

infinite journey

travel light.

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Space

When the storm passes on.

The essence,

the vital substance,

the absence.

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Air

And it's another day.

Vagrant breeze

breathes a lazy pace,

a new tale.

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Fire

When the storm (un)settles. 

Night’s long gone,

passions worn, day stirs

live embers.

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Alert!

Descending
waters, heavens un-
relenting.

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[Widespread rain and thunderstorms are likely over Kerala and Lakshadweep on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2022-05-24-weather-may-24-rain-thunderstorms-odisha-himachal-kerala]

Pooram

PC: PUBLIC DOMAIN

 Clouds bore down

with the weight of a town’s

prolonged wait.

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[As all the Covid restrictions that blocked the celebrations for two years have been lifted, thousands of people flocked to Thekkinkad. Kudamattam, one of the most colorful celebrations of Thrissur Pooram, was held amid pouring rain. (May 10, 2022, https://keralakaumudi.com)]

Water

Remnants of a storm.

Undried tears,

sunken dreams, hushed fears,

slushed up peace.

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Earth

Right after the outpour.

 Sob-shaken,

rain-torn, tear-laden,

thunder-worn.

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Sky

Just before the downpour.

Ocean seethes,

horizon simmers,

fumes rise, earth fries.

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War

At the end of war

unhealed scars
and unleashed spars
will keep up the farce.

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[PC: https://news.sky.com/ - "Ukraine invasion: Russia claims 498 of its troops killed and 1,597 wounded in first admission of casualties"] 

Dewdrop

K. Krishnadas

 

Love is like a pearl

the tear it keeps from the world

a smile to unfurl.

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Poppies

Bharati Varrier

The day still simmers

for all its burnt out summers

in the night's embers.

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[A tribute to poppies fallen on the asphalt at sundown, this ekphrastic haiku was first published in Spillwords.com. The photograph was clicked by Bharati Varrier.]

The Fall

They took flight from hell

Far away from War Gods’ knell

Then to heaven fell.

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[With the Taliban establishing its rule over Afghanistan after completing the capture of capital Kabul, shocking visuals from the country are pouring in showing panic-stricken people desperate to flee the country...The unbelievable video showed an airplane taking off from Kabul airport and at least three people falling off a US military plane. (Aug 16, 2021, indiatvnews.com)]

Racism

Eat just the white bread

not the brown crust, go ahead,

not the cake, icing...just.

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Cyclone

When COVID alone

could have us atone, whate'er
for is the cyclone?

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