Sunday, March 9, 2014

Langston Hughes, Poet to Bigot

I have done so little
For you,
And you have done so little 
For me,
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however, 
Have such meager
Power,
Clutching at a 
Moment,
While you control
An hour.

But your hour is 
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.


Comments : A rather apt poem as we head into an election that is dividing some states along communal or caste-based lines. Even without that context, love the poem for the precision, brevity and deftness with which the message is delivered.     - Zen
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