Glass Cage

Uṇṇi Nambia̅r
iPoetry
Published in
Feb 4, 2023
Photo by ray rui on Unsplash

O' Lord, I said
Staring deeply into the crudely carved exquisite visage
Are you just a piece of stone

Or metal or wood
Shamelessly mass-produced

That I am talking to you
Do you exist
Are you me? Am I you?

Or are you the portal
Into the Infinite

That I stare blindly at
from my glass cage

© Unni Nambiar (February 3rd, 2023)

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Uṇṇi Nambia̅r
iPoetry

“I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” ― Mary Oliver