The Boy Smiles out of Agony

At the corner of the way turning left
In a house - I often see almost
An eleven years old boy
Sitting on a chair, staring at the ceiling
Continuously, saliva falling out of his mouth,
Flies flying and gathering around.

The Boy Smiles out of Agony
As if mocking the so-called Omnipresent
Omnipotent and Omniscient God.

As if asking - what is my fault?
If it is outcome of sins of my past life,
Do I remember them?
Is it your justice to punish me without my knowledge of those sins?

The vacant charmless eyes have number of questions.
The mother still has rural - love
Urban love may take the boy as a burden.

The mother invests all her life
To cure him.
This courage itself is a victory
Of a mother
And defeat of the cruel god.

-Pavan Kumar Karna.
pavansusil@gmail.com