JYOTIRMATH
ALIAS JOSHI MATH
- Sagar Mal Gupta (India)
Fissures in the houses
Chinks in the hotels
Cracks in Rudra Prayag and Karan Prayag
Chinks in the shops
Eruption in the
roads
Wicked silence at night
Night of apocalypse.
When people sleep at night,
Residents of Joshimath
weep.
This night may be their last night.
Night’s black eyes stare at
the glorious history.
The confluence of religion, history
and nature is dying.
The explosions of development
has shaken the city
Tears and anger in the residents.
Joshimath, a freshly excavated grave,
to bury the child
of Shankrachrya.
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