Mumbai Rain Poem by Upendra Majhi

city got sunk in monsoon rain
the child in the arm,
on the shoulder
and on the submerged road
fear in her eyes,
trauma deep into her psyche and neurons,
she is too small for this,
water, water everywhere,
snake swimming, trees falling, livewire below,
blizzard blowing, incessant pouring,
where to go, where to hide,
no boat in sight,
buses are on float
cheffeurs have fled,
what is left of the child after this?
For her and her daddy,
these are unknown waters,
how deep, how many potholes and where are those,
let them call brother,
cell has no battery,
five hundred years ago portughese came to that place
where she stood,
yet no civilisation has visited the spot,
night is approaching,
along with robbers of blizzard time
where to go, whom to ask for help?
my village is better, she cries.
my villagers are better.