Prayer
Cymbals
Rosary and
Cross are not needed.
A lit candle
A heartfelt word
will do.
Good men
The Messiah
and Socrates
were good men,
yet were killed.
I don’t wish to be good.
Search
I searched for you
on the dining table
You were distributing bread
to the multitudes.
I searched for you
in the church
You were shining
on the farmer’s body in the field
I searched for you
in the goat shed
You went in search
of the lost sheep.
I searched for you
at the border
You showed me a world
without borders
I searched for you
in the bed
You danced as flowers
in the mountains.
Bio: Dr. Santosh Alex is the author of 42 books and is a bilingual poet, scholar in the field of translation, and a poetry curator from India. His books include poems, translations and criticism. His major works include two poetry collections in Malayalam titled Dooram (2008) and Njan Ninakku Oru Ghazal (2013), two poetry collections in Hindi titled Panv Tale ki mitti (2013) and Hamare Beech Ka Maun (2017), and one in English titled Alone with Everybody (2016). He works as a Hindi Officer in a research institute in Cochin, Kerala. He can be reached at drsantoshalex@gmail.com.