Flickering Dream by Satish Verma

It was your 
integrity 

at the time of ubiquitous pain 
of separation, you want to move the home 
away from home 

coming 
to terms with the trauma 
your shadow was not following you 

playing dead 
nuzzling the earth, racing to fill 
the void, entering the truthlessness 

this world 
of violence, of mayhem, of self-betrayal, 
the flags are not able to cover the nudity

Satish Verma