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The doe-eyed mercy
paid a visit last night,
the heavenly, at times
a wretched appearance
of bleak pathos…
It coiled round and
round my sunken heart
hissing gradually stealthily
like giant headless
serpents seeking forgiveness
of misdeed long done
an act went wrong
decades back…
A deserving reparation
by throttling my fragile
heart to suck out all
the clemencies I must
offer, forgiveness I must
bid, as the porous
vapors of pity rose
from the sinful flesh
of burning carnal desires
morphing into the
tears of empathy
cascading on my hollow
cheeks pouring from
the doe-eyed mercy
(Painting: Heer Ranjha, Shobha Singh)