The Sardines and the Sea
Posted in The Sea on 05/15/2007 10:48 pm by alakananda s
The sardines, I cut them up today. They had been occupying freezer space for quite a while.
From the huge one in the Indian grocery store to the smaller one in my apartment.
They carried with them the scent of the sea. The heady salty aroma that carried me back home in a whiff.
Well, home or close to home.
They had the same smell as the sea. Reminded me of beaches near home. The salty slightly repugnant air of the sea.
The air along my ravaged coasts. The beaches that bore a haunted look after the sea came in to swallow her children, and left behind an ocean of tears.
A terrifying hollow empty sea of desolation and devastation. Emotions till then unassociated with home, or my beaches.
White tales of horror, the unending sorrow of the dead living. The phantom cries of the children and the deafening roar of silence.