Covering the Distance
“A pregnant woman, who was walking home from Maharashtra to Madhya Pradesh in the middle of the ongoing lock-down, delivered a baby on the road. She then walked for another 150 kilometres.”-May 13th, India Today
a distance that strong winged eagles
take days to fly
covered in atomized feet
that ooze sweat and drip grit
treading over the desert sands of hunger
tiding over the mirage of sleep
not stopping as newborn lime green shoots
of life spiral in search of light
defying theorems of the body that get into play
after the herculean task of child birth
not waiting for the sinews to cut through the red tape
of rest, not wanting the limbs to pause nor take a breath
lest the candle flame cupped in the palm of hope flickers
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