Struggle of a Poem

When you raise
The question of peace
A white dove hovers,
Only, the red is against
The background of a fierce
Sky , silhouetted with crimson
As if to say,
That love is not enough;
Bereft of the claim
That you are a mediator of peace,
Let sabre guns rattle
And, shred peace to tears
Only, let the white dove
Rise phoenix like,
A strange predator of silence;
Souls, disquieted-

Like this one, a poem is prayer
Lifted gently
Out of orchestration of love,
Irradiating out of benevolences

The dove keeps hovering
Gives a gentle reminder
To the absolution of
A redefined, peace

But who will understand
That words are tormented
Like peace, by bullets?
Direct guns against them,

So that the fallen word
Is martyred;
Comes hurtling down.

A poem.
Torch of stupendous light.

Maimed, struggling for
An inordinate existence…

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..