A strong fluttering emotion <br />Trapped in the grounds of dread <br />Dreams of the clear sky <br />Bound by yesteryear’s thread <br />It fails to fly. <br />Prolonged confusion can make a man lose his sense of reality. <br />Prolonged fear can turn him into a cripple; <br />Too scared to react, even more scared to act. <br />He ate the fallen pages of the weathered Quran, <br />Chewed every word from ‘was’ to ‘is’ <br />Then spit every bit of it <br />In a violent spastic fit. <br />What good is wisdom to me, <br />When accompanying me in a blind alley <br />It just walks by my side, <br />I gape at it wide-eyed.<br /><br />Parul Panthri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fallen-pages-of-the-weathered-quran/
