Gaffe

a poem by Jayati

The man on the run

Someone made
a false complaint
Soon the lizard
was after him.

The man on the run

Come the storm
Pull all down.
Homes, monuments
Apart are torn.

The man on the run

Thunder devastation
Bellow smoke
Spiralling up
People broke.

The man on the run

Situation gruesome
Search gates, big floodlights.
Sunk in despair make all rights
Ward off nightmare how one can?

The man on the run

Derelict detritus sits in ruins.
Lost forever his choice
Never, be found freedom.
Conscience hunts.
Futile gags. Make even. No one can.

Man on the run ends until, useless he is to run.