Pria Rai

Taken from my collection 'Lines'.

 

People traipse like two rails of a track,

Side by side and

Visible to the eye,

But blind to the touch.

 

We’re made of different hues,

Each organic, but so hard to fuse.

The pliable soils of a land

Bear the weight of a ruling hand.

 

Man builds margins

And the other man waits in line.

He scars a race with lashed backs and genocide,

And the shape of terrain worldwide.