The Momentary Word
by samantakbhadra
You spit me out
Like a necessity
Like a volcano
Impatient
I adorn your paper
Resplendent
Beautified with ink
—
In a moment of indiscretion
You grow blind
Forgetting me
Strike through
Death knell
Maybe you are lost
Therefore, losing me
—
In a moment
I fall through
To the nethers
Glory in tatters
Once desired
Now despicable
Scribbled out
—
The birth
The cause
Of the death
To live
To die
In the same breath
I was alive
—
Scribbled me out
Disfigured me
But I remain
On the page
Hapless reminder
You had wanted me
Even if for a brief moment
—
Published in Recours au Poème, France (August, 2013)
Published in “Connections” by Solstice Initiative, Ireland (March, 2013)
Published in “A Poet’s View Of Being” by Brian Wrixon Books, Canada (October, 2012)
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