definition

no one knows my pain
my pain knows no one
... this is how the battlefield is defined

a surface-to-air missile is thrown before
it is christened - Trishul
... this is how the worship is defined

after an earthquake, a child still quakes
from down the soil and clay and mud
... this is how hope is defined

why did you kill him?
kill? - No man! Just forced him to commit suicide
... this is how a confession is defined

each birth is a soliloquy
each soliloquy is a new birth
... this is how relationship is defined

you and I come to the starting point
where his and her two ends promise to meet
... this is how love is defined

a poor man is poor to his bloodless veins
he prepares to sell his spine
... this is how surrender is defined

any academic council abridges a writing
ears no aural, eyes no visual, body no heart
... this is how hatred is defined

the gun is dead before a victim
the silence mops both birthmark and stain
... this is how difference is defined

often a child pleads for a plaything
on getting it, in memory of it...
he returns a smile
she returns a smile
it returns a smile

... this is how life is defined