Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Jan 2020
A trail of smoke rises,
A died down pyre,broken clay ***,
Crows eat scattered rice.
In Hindu funeral ceremony,which is largely symbolic a  terracota ***,symbol of mortal coil is broken by the son who leads the rituals.Crows eating the rice and eight other grains is considered suspicious.
K Balachandran
Written by
K Balachandran  Kerala, India
(Kerala, India)   
Please log in to view and add comments on poems