India, the Unknown Citizen

From the desk of Vitasta Raina

Who are you?

Sitting in the corner office,

making resolutions

for a new day, a new race.

In the unsurmountable tragedies

of life, in the feudal democracies

of being,

in time's landscapes,

beyond the mirror,

beyond the constructs and fabrics,

beyond the elaborate hoax,

and habit.

Burnt out at last,

overcoming doubt,

intellectual property,

overcoming reason.

Why cry over a failing system,

over beggars and immunity,

over reservations,

over gullibility.

Naive child traversing the oceanic

reaches of mankind,

to find a rock,

to sit on top of

and stare down into

their teary soup.

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Woman in the Shadows. Oil on Canvas Board.
(c) Vitasta Raina, 2015/2016