Rainbow Shaft

by Gulnar Tuli

The color is brown
no, gray and green
Your mouth: a yawning chasm
Swallow me whole,
I drown willingly

Flowers are corpses
and we steal the sky;
Let the scent soak
and color your temples

The shaft has been trampled in remembrance
Intrepid, your heart
penetrates the blues and whites
Daisies fading and blooming again

Velvet

by Gulnar Tuli

The velvet revolution is upon us
Lined in metal, though it parades around in gold
The velvet revolution is here

Soon, it will consume us
Soon, we will fade into its harsh lines
Human connection succumbed to convenience