Only darkness remained on stage,
When suddenly the electricity played truant,
and the loudspeakers emiitted silence quietly,
Half spoken by the hero, unheard by the heroine,
The lovelorn dialogues went in search of the generator,
All ready for the next tragic scene,
Now outbursts, cries and flashlights,
descended amongst the audience
to enjoy a smoke in the darkness,
On the keyboard a war waged
between the anthem that was ready
to be sung when the curtains came down,
and the dissonance that was ready
to announce the villain's arrival.
Light and sound parted from each other
pondering over their own demise,
Wondering at the same time
about their next stage, their next performance.
Reshmi
Translation of a malayalam poem "Tragedy" by T.P. Vinod
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