Red


It was red all over.
He had no choice.
Just like the others.
The shirt was smeared
The face had nowhere to hide.
It was difficult to tell him apart
From the others
who gave up before.
He was just like you,
like me,
like the boy who lives
on the fourth row
third house on the left.
You don’t know him
Neither do I
He is oblivion
But to the red,
He wasn’t
Red was all over him
He screamed
“No no,
please spare me”
But they wouldn’t listen.
I wouldn’t have either.
They knew his moves
They have tried it too
But there’s no escape
And he shouldn’t
Or else he would never
ever
find the thrill in the
madness of holi.

 

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Ranit Mukherjee

Lives, dreams, works for bacon. Prefers to be weird around people. Addicted to heartbreaks. And loves writing gibberish.

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4 Thoughts to “Red”

  1. Avatar Prerana

    Wow!! Poem with a suspense …lovely!!

  2. Avatar Raktim Dutta

    Very nice 🙂

  3. Avatar Monalisa Dey

    Loved the poem.

  4. Avatar Nandini Chakraborty

    Previously, I was thinking , the poem is about a murder; but ….. hahahaha …. very well written .

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