VICTORY OF FALL

One unthinkably hostile debate 
started in a colosseum: 
a path to kill the clemency. 
A comatose truth was listening to lies. 

They were pointingly arguing about 
the nukes option to bring about the peace 
and prosperity on the strife torn earth. 
Total anihilation will initiate a new world. 

Troubled times; the failure of sacramental thread 
to tie the god. The king presides over 
the sweaty palms which failed the swords. 
Deprivation will breed the contempt for theater. 

Horses were ready to disobey the order. 
Shoes were thrown on altar. 
The eyes were everywhere in the wounds, stained 
with guilt, never to celebrate the victory.

Satish Verma