Prof. Ram’s poem explores an entity perceived as nearly dangerous, an outsider blamed for self-inflicted suffering, seeking to erase their impact for peace, for Different Truths.
It’s near but
every place has a distance
and people to
they flee to see
me in their vicinity
sense a danger
I don’t belong:
they curse me for what I’m not
self-made misery
traps them in hell
I can’t help their doom nor stop
their wanton rage
down to smallness
they hate only themselves and
sculpt new sorrows
I must erase
the debris of dreams they have
and be at peace
Picture design by Anumita Roy
Prof Ram Krishna Singh, also known as RK Singh, is a widely published, anthologised and translated poet with over 25 poetry collections to his credit. His recent poetry collections include Poems and Micropoems (Southern Arizona Press, USA, 2023), Knocking Vistas and Other Poems (Authors Press), Leaves of Silence: Poems and Micropoems (Authors Press), and Drifty Silence and She: Selected Poems & Micropoems (Edizioni Universum, Capri Leone, Italy, 2025).
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