MARIA THE LEPER

Even in the soul 
of darkness 
lies a spectral 
glow

Cosmic 
fate does not 
show

But;
god within 
eyes of 
a child knows 

A poetic pause 
as it clambers… 
grows

Shot by a 14 month 
old child a moment,

Morbid,

Morose

Encapsulating 
text-less prose; 

Maria the leper 
lady silent 
foreboding 
doomed 
in tattered 
clothes 

Eyeless sockets 
leprous nose, 
yet held her pose 

A trampled 
rose

As the 
image 
held in the 
palm of this 
child instantly 
froze ..

What came first the camera?

 The vision?

Thought imposed?

Giving birth to a photo unopposed!

A poem by my friend;

Firoze Shakir