Demolition

by Ananya S. Guha / May 1st, 2022

What do you demolish?
Are they tears?
Or is it the past?
Where history is the citadel
Fortified with stories?
Where will the past go?
Why unravel it?
You will find the mythic sage
The travellers in wanderlust, rampaging
Mountains
Let history speak
In bewilderment demolition is no sage
Only the pain of having to leave homes
Where have they gone?
Demolition take wings
I know of too many untruths.

Ananya S Guha lives in Shillong in North East India, where he was born and brought up. He has been writing and publishing his poetry for the last forty years. His poetry has been published in both electronic and print formats such as: Indian Literature, Other Voices, Osprey Journal, Glasgow Review, The Literary Nest, Up The Staircase, Asia Writes, Art Arena, Praxis Online, Muse India, Your One Phone Call, In Between Hangovers, The Peeking Cat Magazine, Post Colonial Text among others. He has also written widely on educational and social matters. He has ten collections of poetry and his poetry has been anthologized in various collections of Indian poetry in English. He holds a doctoral on the novels of William Golding. Read other articles by Ananya S..

This article was posted on Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.