Contemporary Literary Review India | eISSN 2394-6075 | Vol 6, No 4: CLRI November 2019
Poem by Hari Nair
Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned
When golden Ichor flew
And burnt was the hallowed ground
Did the Leopard run
To the Eagle?
Burnt was her flesh
And bones saw day
Her only crime was concern
And Nero fiddled while Rome burned
She was a Golden Child
Young, Naïve and innocent
Cupid was a Cherub thought she
Yet Satan had she loved
The love was never love
She was never a human born
She was a woman
Meant to be his,
Or so said he.
The Cherub turned Satan
Beelzebub in the flesh
As her flesh red turned
Nero fiddled while Rome burned
Where was the Eagle when
The Ichor was thrown?
Where was the Leopard when
She needed him most?
She was a puppet in their midst
A face that could launch
A thousand ships
Paris was wounded but
Ashen had turned
His dreams of love and sympathy
The Ichor he threw
Did bring his tomb
And Nero fiddled while burned Rome.
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About the Author
Born in the year 1996 in Kerala, Hari Nair writes under the nom de plume Krishnan. He started writing poetry at the age of 16 and holds a Master’s Degree in English Literature from The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong. He speaks Malayalam, English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
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