A Nightmare Poem by Suresh Dogra

The friendly sky
Smashed with fury
Every home and dome

The blazing sun
Came out designing
Scary shades and shadows

The mother earth
Shook convulsively
To shake up one and all

The buoyant sea
Went up in tides
To swallow up sailing ships

The river of life
Drowned every hope
To reap the fruit of labour

The youthful body
Was eaten up
By corrosive cancers

The sinless soul
Lay rotting
In the lusts of the flesh

The God of life
Happened to be
The killer of His own