The Hues Poem by Aathira Parakkkal

(Based on Linda Cheng’s painting ‘The Tropical Angel’)

The lot of coloured veils
All draped around her,
Red, black and blues -
Culture, society and mores!

Her azure eyes share
The profundity of her being,
Oceans roaring inside her
And a raging storm within!

Those lips are of a scarlet tinge
Both of them tightly zipped
A rebellion dying inside,
The colour of ‘sin’ not to repeat!

Green, cream, and a coloured pink,
Of life, a numberless more,
Gleaming and not yet dead
Burdens upon her brows!

Her radiant face
A golden sunshine,
Shimmering inside her veils,
And those soggy cheeks
A crimson red
Marred by the indelible scars
Life’s persecution of
Womanhood and love!


A little face drooping down
The wilted flower at early dawn?