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Loud Rain

The rain is loud now, As if a giant feet arises from the clouds To step on the river under the bridge of my heart And disturb it in such a way That the sails of ships bend, And the water touches the bridge from below, Tickling it to sorrow… The rain is loud now, But actually, it has always been like this. You were there once, And I never felt it. But now, All there is Is this sorrow That tickles me from inside, As if it wants me to laugh, Yet doesn’t let me At the same time…

After death

I am a tree with bright flowers

And dripping fruits;

But there is a snake in my branches

Somewhere.

No one is brave enough to kill it,

And I can’t do it myself.

Boys won't come to me

For my fruits,

Girls won't pick flowers from me

For their lovers.

The newly wed

Won't sit under me for a photograph,

And the old man

Won't sit under me to read a book.

And one day

I'll die.

And the snake

Will go searching for another tree.

And one day

I'll die,

And they'll say

How I brightened up the hills,

How the grass around me now dies without shade.

And they'll say

How I caught the run-away kite for the boy,

And how I gave my branches for the nests;

At least until the snake ate the eggs.

They’ll say

How badly they wanted me.

They'll finally realise

I could not have killed the snake in my own branches.

I want to die

So that they'll love me

For the first time.


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