മാറ്റം

മാറ്റം അനിവാര്യം ആണെന്ന് നീ പറയുന്നു
നിന്നിലെ മാറ്റങ്ങള്‍
കിടക്കവിരിയില്‍
ചുവപ്പ് ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍
വരകാരില്ലലോ ...

waiting

darling, you come to me

like fleas on the leper's wounds

how they refuse to go away

as he crawls grime-covered

arms outstretched

for money you won't give

precious pity aplenty

garnishing for your speeches

in a purple bottle i have stored

a dragon fly

it must be dead now

like the baby in a bell jar

in the biology lab at school

do you know

how haunted i was for days

and what a pretty baby it was

the smell of old photographs

yellow, the colour of memories

left to decay in old trunks

of my father's prodigal relatives

who cheated on their spouses

and flew away like birds

do they always return

will you?