Mother, nothing ain’t over yet by Debasis Mukhopadhyay

to the mothers of the disappeared in Kashmir

 

Mother

here just blood tangles tangles

no muddied river

of bodies

will steal away rainbows

from you

 

you can fall asleep

on chinar leaves again

giving suck to

those mouths of darkness

not saying goodbye yet

 

Mother

here just rain tangles tangles

no circle insoluble

of nights

will dance away like an echo

from you

 

you can breathe into

the footfalls again

and wait for the

clouds to spill light onto your quarter moon
here nothing ain’t over yet