Friday 28 October 2011

In Memoriam Bhombol (2010)


Basking in the attentive sun yesterday,

Life was still ahead—who knew

How the day would end?

Buried forever in earth’s breast,

Quiet, alone in eternal rest.



Your eyes were so, so dead

Like an empty house—

The spark had fled....



But now the thunderstorms

Can scare you no more

As you lie asleep in the rain

Under your cloak of earth.

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