See

By Siddarth Ramesh

You see the moon?

I know you haven’t touched it, but it belongs to you

From the space to the stars, to the rocks to the moths

To the cats to the dogs, frogs in a pond

We are the pawns

Set off the bomb

Some atoms form –

Spin, crack, detach, then they turn to ash!

And all of this – the nonsense, the work

The torture, the hurt – the fortunate, the cursed

There’s more that occurs

An emotional curve

A rich man, can be poor inside

You can cover yourself, but you can’t clothe your eyes

So close your eyes

And look inside – See

Can you see?

By Siddarth Ramesh