Chandran Nair (b. 1944)
SELECTED POEMS
if i am cynical blame the sun
there is no moment of regret
and death cannot be undone
like a zipper by a tug.
if i am cynical blame the sun, ivywe have lived our lives alone
and found no one else to blame,
nights have grown to days and gone
far from dead or dying love.we have turned our eyes away
too many times to pretend
it was fun.
by Chandran Nair
from once the horsemen and other poems (1972)
