Sinking
When the waters refuse
To swallow the sails
Sinking
When the body blooms
And the mind rots
Sinking
When all that laughter won’t
Wipe a little pain
Sinking
When the blood of life
Goes black with love
Sinking
When eyes blinded by light
Begin to see in darkness
Poet’s Bio:
Prathap Kamath teaches English literature at University of Kerala. He has published a collection of poems Ekalavya: a book of poems.His is poems have appeared in several journals of national and international repute and anthologies namely The Poetry of War and Peace and Words on the Winds of Change, both published from Canada by www.blurb.com. He is one among the 150 poets featured in The Dance of the Peacock-An Anthology of English Poetry from India published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada. He is also a short story writer. Blood Rain and Other Stories (Delhi: LiFi, 2014) is his first collection of stories in English.
Illustration by Alan Van Every (Featured image on the front page)