Truth by Rathidevi Sriskandarajah March 21, 2022 Photo by KWON JUNHO He kept his pen To the right side of his pocket Closer to his heart Caught in the crossfire That pen Broken Bought him a few more seconds Ink and blood mixed Seeing a sky full of smoke Searching for the sun His eyes wide open Rathidevi Sriskandarajah I'm a Physics teacher from Sri Lanka. I write poetry in my mother tongue Tamil and English as a hobby.