Suddenly Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Suddenly

Suddenly they attacked
-as if led by Genghis
-or Arabs;
-hungry and barefoot
-intention to rob, loot…

But were not;
-they danced waltz
-in the open skies
-joyfully, hand in hand
-side by side, arm in arm!

One could see the sorrow
-as approached nearer
-they soloed and melted!

The flakes that in past
-landed on the grass
-blanket and flat
-died in heat of the cars
-and smoke of exhaust!

On ground, if they reached
-what remained was slush!

With passage of the bus
-mud water splashed
-passengers in the line.

With the melting flakes
-empty became chest
-burned my ribs like steak
-to fill eyes, that turned red.

Rained the chain of questions:
- "What? What? What? "
- "What happened? "
- "What went wrong? "
- "Is Nature our mother?
- "Why do we pollute air? "
- "Who can kill own mother? "