Poetry: Holocaust Remembrance Day

By

Ananya S Guha

Spotlights Of Disease

to begin at nothing

is a wrong starting point,

the circle of doubt is polka dotted

in transmigration of holocaust souls.

I want to be, be, be.

What is, is not

the fire in the body.

What is, is not death

but fouled carcasses

bodies devoid of history.

I want to be, be in crucifixes

of self, in edifices

of living when die is cast

nothing, beginning, ending.

Sing a dirge, litany of praises please.

Cast out the flesh, carved from the bodies

which at times transfigured into little

demons of hope.

Ominous spotlights of disease.

Ananya S Guha

Ananya S Guha was born and brought up in Shillong, North East India. He has seven collections of poetry and his poems have been published worldwide. They have also been featured in several anthologies. He is also a columnist, critic and editor. He now is a Regional Director at the Indira Gandhi National Open University and holds a doctoral degree on the novels of William Golding.