Unmitigated Moment Poem by Usman Hanif

It rained...
She sat there
gazing at the sky
as she was seeking the lightning
Her narrow eyes were wide open
with and expression of disgust
The killing gaze, with the fury in her eyes
dispersed every obstruction
There was no blinking in the eyes
even the thunder was silent to her
She sat there and watched the sky
and it rained...

She sat there
like a dead leaf
dangling with the tree
Her face so blank
with the impressions of the tears
flowing down the cheeks
like the springs down the mountains
but all dried up!
The darkness grasped her eyes
forcing her to shut them
but her gaze was heavy upon everything
She kept on sitting there
and it rained...

The sun feared her gaze
and hid behind the clouds
It felt that the clouds showered everywhere
but not upon her
The earth which she occupied
was as dry as her cheeks
The trees tried their worst
to wake her from that gaze
they performed the dacnce with the wind
but she continued her cold gaze
and it rained...

Lo, that small boy
with his head half scorched
came limping towards her!
His eyes shimmered the same way
probably he was her boy
He reached there and stood there
for a moment he stood the same way as her gaze
but he moved the second moment
(he's the only non-static character)
He touched her with an expression of fear and blithe
and the dangling leaf fell off the tree
she was dead;
with her last moments preserved for her boy
'waha, mama I found you! '
he cried in ecstasy
The rain started to wet her
the drops rained direct into her eyes
and still she gazed into the sky
as if searching for her boy in the heavens
and it rained...