RED FLAGS <br />by Rema Prasanna <br /> <br /> <br />Burnt up sun and communists <br />painted capital of Kerala red <br />In Padmanabhapuram, a God <br />rests on Adisesha, a serpent <br />with thousand heads in one <br />spatial ocean of manifestations <br />In one conscious attempt <br />god and communists <br />stood apart as contrasts <br />Primarily atheists at divergent pedestals <br />worshiped Marx and Lenin; <br />comrades, dissents in a distinct world <br />of red union and communism, <br />Empty reservoirs, idolized suppositions <br />entwined on a complex frame up <br /> <br />A glitch from cavern of capitalism <br />caused fall of Berlin Wall and <br />united German debacle a cause <br />of worry and collapse of <br />Soviet Union a final nail <br />on anxieties of comrades <br />who raucously retort on all <br />historic events of their inapt destiny <br />In their structured belief, a definite Russian <br />ripped iron curtain of Berlin for a price <br />and stumbled the union <br />transcending Great Wall, a reliable <br />influence and confluence <br />of their undying fortitude <br />Above all... <br />monopolized capitalism <br />seized and confined globe.. <br />Prudent comrades of proletariats <br />their burnt up dreams and vibrant flags <br />painted capital of Kerala red <br /> <br /> <br />*Pls read along valuable inputs Kesav contributed to the poem on Kerala, Padmanabhapuram Temple and Adi Sesha. <br />Thank you, Kesav, for your precious annotations.<br /><br />Rema Prasanaa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/red-flags/
