Saturday 15 August 2020

Independence Day 2020.

 


This heart is still tricoloured, as always

but it does flutter at half-mast these days.

Whatever may be raised – in stone, in brick,

in pride, revenge, tit for tat politics –

in time all will be levelled. Nothing stays.

 

Neither your chair, nor my personal grief,

not these elaborate cons, these strange motifs,

the deluge of tinsel and marigold

the optics, the updates tightly controlled,

will ultimately fade. Our time is brief.

 

As uncertain as it is – who’ll outlast

whether you,  I, or the heart at half-mast -

it’s quite clear this pseudo justice can’t stick

mills have an odd habit of being cyclic

and fates are fickle, hardly ever steadfast. 






Greetings on Independence Day to all those who are observing it this month. Not sure about using the word 'celebrating' with all the various on-going challenges.


13 comments:

  1. Celebrating (anything) doesn't sit comfortably at the moment does it?
    Thank you as always for your words to chew and ponder.

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    1. No, it doesn't quite. Waiting for celebrations to be a comfortable word again.

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  2. Hari OM
    Sending good wishes and vibes to you this Indy Day, Nila... I totally understand the half-mast feeling. I might even say my internal flag may be flat and folded at the moment... YAM xx

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    1. Aw Yamini, hope yours unfurls and gets flying at the top of the mast soon!

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  3. We'll celebrate when the year is over.
    Nothing tangible lasts here...

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    1. Yeah, waiting for the year to get over already!

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  4. half-mast is a good description. Everything is on tenterhooks. Have to celebrate small things - like surviving a day sometimes.
    Good poem, as always. Wish I had a better accolade.
    Take care

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    1. Tenterhooks is exactly right! Exhausted with the uncertainties, but taking it one day at a time. Stay safe and fit.

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  5. I remember so many were anxious to have 2019 end. And this is what we got. I am leery of the future as it unfolds from this present.

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    1. Yes, I know what you mean. I thought 2019 wasn't too great and then 2020 happened and changed my perspective.

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  6. But nothing can stop your artistic beauty....

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