A demise or a beginning..

the dogs barking in the moonless night,

mourning the inauspiciousness

of the occasion,

& as if to prove the veracity of the intuitive cries,

the wrath poured on the sleeping city

tremors of dancing death erupting 

with a vitality of force

of persuasive rays

somersaulting the earth’s core

 a graveyard born in such transcience 

And as if to enhance the effect

like birthday’s candle burnt many stars;

sometimes, though,

death & disaster can be so fascinating

Nature as if to give finality to its colors ,

one she must have found scarce ,

gave an ultimatum to God ,

which perhaps went unnoticed,

So, it burst out rampant

spilling the red colloid..

Survivors cursing their fate

for their so-called ‘good luck’;

their forsaken dreams, desires…

deserted beloved ones…

eluding acceptance of reality,

the overwhelming grief,

the highest form of renunciation,

a final end to some,

for others, a prelude to a new beginning…