tearing at the babe's hair

with their sharp teeth

gnawing at its ears

to complete their feed,

As the cat jumps in

with a screeching meow

the rats let loose

a clicking squeak

A bloody chaos ensues,

The only sin of the infant—

BEING BORN.

--------------------------Dr. Suraya Nasim

About the author

The poetry Dr. Suraya Nasim writes is straight from the heart. It has no fixed pattern. It doesn’t follow any particular rule. The poems come as a flow. Her poems are simple and easy to read and hopefully easier to understand. English was one of her favorite subjects in school along with science. The prescriptions she writes are from the brain but the poems she writes are definitely from her heart. Her poems were nominated for the Booker Award in 2013.


Glossary

abandoned (v) : left something or somebody forever.

irradiating (v) : sending rays of light upon ; light up

shriek (n) : a short, loud high cry

hysteria (n) : uncontrolled excitement

eerie (adj) : causing a feeling of mystery and fear.

destiny (n) : power believed to control events

crap (n) : solid waste

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