Playback

a poem by Raj Nair

A pique placid across the wings
of the amorphous voyageur as clear
as the crystal moon sails to meditated heights
All when the beacon’s fade casts fear

The sun dowdy drifts into chimeric palanquins
of hills unfettered by clouds that risques
Chirping symphonies carry the gospel playbacks
“Yet we enliven the world’s days”