The Voyage: Edited by Chandani Lokuge & David Morley
Page 32
by Silkworms Ink Anthologies
You chose
legs over fishtail
land over sea
prince over family
Muteness for love
Bad choices
Turn back
Too late
Destined for betrayal
Knives pierce human feet
The price of return
more painful still
The weeping willow predicts your fate
And even now
sitting on your fragile rock
you seem unsure
Still subject to unkind cuts
Beheaded
Decapitated
Disneyfied
Shipped to Shanghai.
So small, they say,
Disappointed
We expected something more
Substantial.
Copenhagen 2009
Awaiting The Toofaan
Raj Lal