Don't Stare At Me Poem by Arun Maji

Don't stare at me.

Don't you know,
you have fire in your stare?
Don't you know, I burn
in your all consuming fire?

You have sea in your stare.
I drown and drown there,
until your sea suffocates me,
an' I stop respire.

You have poison in your stare.
I drink it being aware,
it would pain me, agonise me,
an' subject me to torture.

O beautiful, don't stare.
My death engraved in your eyes,
please, don't stare.

© Arun MAJI
Painting: John William Godward