While this land
wears the look of gore
with all the killings,
lynching,
lambasting,
blame-game
going round
like a ticking clock,
and all my words
flee in shame,
the blue above puts on a dark gray shade
and the summer melts into rain.
Posted for Poetry Pantry @ Poets United
sumanar/lekha 
I do think as well that words often flee in shame – as if there is nothing that can be done about a world in such havoc. I keep hoping for the sun to appear to lighten that dark gray shade. We have to keep that hope (somehow) alive.
Beautifully written – timely and heart rending.
I wonder if we couldn’t reverse that, after all behind the clouds the sky is blue
Oh Sumana this is so incredibly poignant!
Sadly only when it is too late will those responsible for our self destruction say “Why weren’t we told?” thinking that their money in the bank will somehow save them by getting tickets to Mars. They can go now if they like!
The last image is particularly enchanting in this poem
We are author and victim of our darkness, as is the world ..
The sky is responding to our dark energy. Sigh. When will we begin to hear the pipes of peace?
So beautiful!
Poignant. An enjoyable piece of writing.
I pray the “times of hate” are a cycle, and the pendulum will swing the other way. Your words are well chosen and beautifully presented.
Thank you for putting what many of us are thinking and feeling into words.
Elizabeth
https://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/april-pad-challenge-day-12/
There is always the promise of a rainbows, mankind needs to open their eyes and perhaps the cloak of darkness will thin.
That’s the spirit 🙂
Sumana this was haunting and so poignant. Oh my heart breaks as I read about this hatred everywhere I turn….even close to home….but I keep hope alive even if just a little bit at times…..it shines a light that must never dim.
Let us pray for a silver lining
Tell it, Sumana–show how nature weeps as destruction continues. Wow!
This is beautiful:
“the blue above puts on a dark gray shade
and the summer melts into rain”
“…and the summer melts into rain.” – says so much
It does seem – more and more – that nature is mimicking the dismal state of human affairs, doesn’t it. Pathetic fallacy on a cosmic scale … so sad. Brilliant writing, Sumana.
Even the sky is crying. Such an overcast!
the blue above puts on a dark gray shade
and the summer melts into rain.
So many happenings around the world but no one seems to take notice. Those who can make a difference are the perpetrators in most instances!
Haqnk