16 Days of Activism | Entry 5

Naga
by Richa Shivangi Gupta

You slither

On freshly slaughtered

Souls

Smearing the crimson

Of life

On your numbing scales

You slither

As your coarse

Skin rasps against their

Tangerine, healing 

Scars 

You slip

And hasten your

Pace when canopies

Of forbearance let the

Yellowed sun enter

Your darkness

You twine

Through the depths 

Of faultless green leaves

Who got caught in the

Wild wild wind

And were orphaned

For good

You fancy

Of flying above

The cobalt blue you

Touch in the lake you

Queered

You coil 

Into burrows

Of repression when

Children dressed in shades

Of violet, knock at your

Unwelcoming door looking

For the love you

Looted from their cradle

(As part of 16 days of activism, we invited entries on Life of Sexual Minorities. We will be showcasing more in the days to come. Watch this space)