The Ants--By Partha Chatterjee--India

The Ants

Silent but frisky procession 
of black heads with no placards

or slogans.

Each carrying white eggs in mouth
that look like white hawthorn blooming in a forest

or snowflakes falling on hillside roads.

They store food for winter
Yet, the hoarders cause

no artificial famine to the 'antkind'

They feel first the troubled pulse 
of Mother Earth and her tectonic

movements.

In their nuptial flight, they are angels         

who drop their wings on the ground          
as surrendered flags.                                   

Partha Chatterjee lives in India with his family. Born in 1986, he graduated from Burdwan University. He loves music and poetry.