Mistake

cartoon-communalism

Perhaps,
One of the main mistakes of my life
Was that I was born.
But I can assure you,
I could not help it.
I was not responsible.

Perhaps,
The other mistake of my life
Was that I am not dead.
I was not responsible
For that either.
Still,
If you want to blame me,
Please go ahead!

To engage with
The living dead
And the dead living
Seems to be my destiny.
Still,
If you want to blame me
Please go ahead.

To engage with
The unborn
Waiting for generations to pass
And then to emerge
On a barren land
Under the burning clouds,
And to engage with
The living unborn
Moving as corpses
On the streets of
Unlit funeral pyres
Seems to be my destiny.

Still,
If you want to blame me
Please go ahead.
I cannot help it.
And it is certainly
Not my mistake.
Perhaps it is yours.

K.P Sasi is a film maker, writer, activist and cartoonist. He can be reached at [email protected]

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K P Sasi

K.P. Sasi is a film maker, cartoonist, writer and an activist

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