Land Ahoy! .....Colonialism

Sloping cobbled lazy path Leading up to pent up wrath Winding roads to distant hills Snake a take through the tills Full of mysterious passion, Raj In this mystery lived the dodge Illusions knit to blunt the eye Awareness broken for the lie Pathways into crypts are found Treason mocks the freedom bound In mortar, loot and plunder hid. Chop the hands; untie the lid. Teeming millions walked to the moon While in their land danced the dune Imperial ardor flung on raids Wrapped in silky masquerades Sailors great and ravenous bold Danced to shimmer of dazzling gold (Islamabad) (May 20,2009)