Directions Unlit/न पेटलेली दिशा

This is an English translation of my poem in Marathi language(my mother tongue) and have also posted the original below.

Direction Unlit

Burning the dry wood

Of columns and beams

Fire burns through roof

Towards the sky

From remains of the windows

Smoke spews out

Turning helpless faces

Darker with soot

That float in the river

Of fear in the streets

Few sparks escape

Along with the smoke

Igniting torches

Soaked with vengeance

That hunt for directions

Yet unlit

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar

न पेटलेली दिशा

घराच्या वाश्यांची जळणारी लाकडे

आणि तूळईचे निखारे

छप्पर जाळत ओकतात आग

आकाशाच्या दिशेने

खिडक्यांच्या उरलेल्या अवशेषातून

धुरांचे मोठाले लोट

फुत्कारत बाहेर पडत

रस्त्यांवर वाहणाऱ्या

राखेने माखलेल्या

हतबल चेहऱ्यांवरच्या

काळोखात भर टाकतात

आणि उडणाऱ्या ठिणग्यांवर पेटलेले पलीते

वाटाड्या वाऱ्याच्या इशाऱ्यावर

दिशा शोधू लागतात

न पेटलेली

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar

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