Is Our Body A Gunboat? Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India

Is Our Body A Gunboat?



Is our body a gunboat?
Are you thereon?
And I know you yourself
At gunpoint.

Gunfire is going on
Always within
This body
This house
This earth.

The body is one
The house is one
The earth is one
And one is gunshot-
In oneness find a tool fire
And air and
Let us share.

Nothing to rob
No way to go
And still loading
Unloading aiming point
And firing is going on
Through pistol revolver
Rifle shotgun.

Dear men, you have to
Jump over all
And you have to
Push yourself up
With your own legs
And feet and declare yourself
That you are alive with
Own body and mind.

Saturday, July 11, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: fire
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Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
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