Curse by Amitabh Vikram
AMITABH VIKRAM DWIVEDI is university faculty and assistant professor of linguistics at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, India; and author of two books on lesser known Indian languages: A Grammar of Hadoti and A Grammar of Bhadarwahi.As a poet, he has published around fifty poems in different anthologies, journals, and magazines worldwide. Until recently, his poem “Mother” has included as a prologue to Motherhood and War: International Perspectives (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan Press. 2014.
CURSE
It is not in my way
To come to you
And see what you have
A pompous face
There are so many insects near tube-light
Green, red, yellow and grey
I think when you burst one fine day
A swarm of insects will fly away from your body
It is not my way
To send you curses
I can only foresee what you will become
And what will you face