The faces that seek joy, the pain that rarely shows.
All the quiet things that no one ever truly knows.

Scattered drops of red in an ocean of boats.
Survival is an instinct that drowns or floats.

Conflicts and wars, and their civil casualties,
showing dignity in the face of cruelties.

Immigrants - millions of lives compressed in one word -
hoping to settle but never hit the right chord.

Countries passing them around like dispensable props;
making the headlines when too many bodies drop.

Yes, we are all part of the same human race.
Yet, why do we keep falling from human grace?

The faces that sought joy, the pain that ceased to be.
All the quiet bodies floating somewhere in the sea.

Ranjan Singh Moirangthem is the Content Head at LoudST.com, a social conversation network and also works as freelance copywriter. He is also a huge movie-buff and a lover of fiction. His poetry/prose page titled @wahai.wakhal.wahang on Instagram and Facebook is a combination of three words in Manipuri or Meitei, a local dialect in India’s North-eastern state of Manipur. He writes to make a statement or convey things – Wahai, to express his thoughts – Wakhal, and to ask questions – Wahang. In print, his work has appeared in Her Heart Poetry’s The Annual 2017 anthology, Cult II magazine, hitrecord.org’s Campfire Stories. Online features and articles on platforms like ThoughtCatalog.com, Her Heart Poetry, Illogical Poem World, Terribly Tiny Tales, The Uncommon Box, among others.

Follow Ranjan on Instagram and Facebook @wahai.wakhal.wahang.

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