Palette
Azure is the colour to die for,
the colour of skies that hold promise
in their unborn wispy clouds.
Amber would be the liquid that swirls
in crystal, listening to luscious lips
mouth indecencies.
Ochre—the colour of sunsets
in lands that we envy and spy,
in picture postcards.
Scarlet? The colour of your blood.
Blood that throbbed with idealism,
rhythmically, in your arteries, before
you were hacked to the ground
in front of a thousand impotent limbs.
Where you once stood,
a soiled patch of earth brown.
GEETHANJALI RAJAN teaches English to undergraduate students and Japanese to adult learners. She writes in English—poetry, prose, articles, and opinions. Many of these have appeared in print in India. Her haiku have appeared in World Haiku Review, Chrysanthemum and others. Her interests include Japanese language, music and contributing to the development of value-based education where prejudices do not rule. She is also a trained special educator who remediates language difficulties in children. She currently lives in Madras, India.
Azure is the colour to die for,
the colour of skies that hold promise
in their unborn wispy clouds.
Amber would be the liquid that swirls
in crystal, listening to luscious lips
mouth indecencies.
Ochre—the colour of sunsets
in lands that we envy and spy,
in picture postcards.
Scarlet? The colour of your blood.
Blood that throbbed with idealism,
rhythmically, in your arteries, before
you were hacked to the ground
in front of a thousand impotent limbs.
Where you once stood,
a soiled patch of earth brown.
GEETHANJALI RAJAN teaches English to undergraduate students and Japanese to adult learners. She writes in English—poetry, prose, articles, and opinions. Many of these have appeared in print in India. Her haiku have appeared in World Haiku Review, Chrysanthemum and others. Her interests include Japanese language, music and contributing to the development of value-based education where prejudices do not rule. She is also a trained special educator who remediates language difficulties in children. She currently lives in Madras, India.
