Scar On Moon's Face Poem by Saroj Padhi

Night after night clouds scrubbed her face

to erase an etched scar causing a strange grimace

of pitiable pain inflicted by a fierce macho Sun

that her insides in fury of vengeful rays tried to burn

as if in a resolve to turn her into a spray of ashes

on the face of the sky without strength to return,

when stars came to her rescue with a suggestion

‘Why don't you that letter of love to the Sun not return? '



The Moon smiled and said ‘What shall I return

when its words of entreat have been defaced by my tears

shed in lonely nights of my estranged love

and by drops oozing from wounds of deep hurts? '



She has learnt to live with the scar that shows her love

with memories of sweet moments dangling

like bats from boughs in earth's treasure trove;

but the mad clouds believe

one day she will be without the blemish of tainted love

and she will dazzle as the bright white dove!