Cause Remained Poem by Vishnu Rajput

The dawn gripped the world in brittle light,
The bridge stretched into december's teeth,
Afoot I saw a lost fight,
A puppy against my feet.

It weighed no more than a fading breath,
A brittle frame of skin and bone,
Its stillness feigned a kind of death,
But the maggots writhed, alive, alone.

I watched them devour its body and soul,
Its eyes did not cower until the rot took control.

I let it slip beyond the ledge,
But its soul did not follow,
Maggots and midges swarmed the edge,
To feast on what lay hollow.

Nothing was lost,
Nothing was gained,
The traces were gone,
But the cause remained.