The Trial

"Like a dog!" he said: it was as if the shame of it must outlive him
- The Trial, Franz Kafka

In a sudden motion,
the sands of destiny swept
away from under my feet.
A relationship,
nipped in the bud
before it could blossom.
The indignity
and the final condemnation
while standing to trial
for crimes unknown


- Dhaval Kulkarni
Mumbai, September 26, 2009