Silhouette

Satya Sanjivan Nayak

Dancing, Silhouette and I,

In venal volition garble the limbs

To the deferral of Absence.

 

In a precarious crunch,

Spurring, Silhouette and I,

Sink and imbibe late

The cups of despondency.

 

Fate mocks insidious cheeks,

As Apollo tinkers Silhouette.

 

Long lines of spray

Of heartening unrest;

Memories grate against

Pebbled spine and fingers

Hurl colors of peril.

 

Dancing, Silhouette and I,

Bawl the eternal night, and bring

The eternal note of Absence.