Alchemy Allusions

By Anjani George

 

With fire I play
Like a seasoned artist

This stage my destiny
This character my life

My mind in turmoil
Relentlessly in grief

As worries intertwine
And solace nowhere in sight

But the show must go on
And I shall keep it moving

Though the flames are a roar
As they sting and burn

And melt me down slow
Cling on I shall till the end

No giveaways, not even a twitch
Till the alchemist is completely done

 

 

Anjani George from India is a graduate in civil engineering with an MBA in HR. She was a winner in the 2013 National Short Story contest of IWPC, in the poetry competetion of Poesis online, and the inspired by Ghandhi content by Sampad, UK, where her microfiction was accepted for publication.