BURNT AT THE STAKE

A flaming giant rose
Bloomed in the morning sky
Shedding tangled thorns;

Plucked from my breast
And pierced through the heart
The twins were burnt at the stake;

Scorched by its flames
The rose bush collapsed
Into the abyss wide;

My first-born was dismembered
And deformed for life
The stake didn’t burn her through.

Copyright: 2001 Sheeba Thattil

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