Beyond Skin

On July 29th, at 5:29 am

The gadget turned the pre dawned sky as bright as the sun

As the first atomic mushroom cloud rose above the horizonWe knew the world would not be the same

Few people laughed, few people cried

Most people were silent

I remembered the lines from the Hindu scripture

The Bhagavad GitaVishnu was trying to persuade the, the prince

That he should do his duty

And to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds

I suppose we all thought that, one way or anotherFew people laughed, few people cried

Most people were silent

I remembered the lines from the Hindu scripture

The Bhagavad Gita

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds