Poetry by Ram Krishna Singh
without god, thought, or self
and just be free
now frightens the morning
I can’t even breathe
uprooted pole on the roadside
rubbished by all
trust shrinks life without love
time’s running out
“RITUALS”Hiding helplessness
in the luxury of prayers
he raises a wall
a babel of deception
through cocktail of drug and desiremeanders through dream-
miracles and wakes up to
unheard alarm
each morning repeats rituals
ageing time is ashamed of
now I fear living
inside and around
the rusty cauldrons
voices multiply
beyond verbal face
stones explode in hands
picture of the world
eternal twilight
the sky seems shattered
in saints’ blasphemy