Scar - 8, Painting by Artist Varjavan Dastoor
Pastel on Paper ,
19.7 x 13.2 inches (50.038 x 33.528 cm)
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Art No
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21788
Artist
:
Varjavan Dastoor
Title
:
Scar - 8
Medium
:
Pastel on Paper
Size
:
19.7 x 13.2 inches (50.038 x 33.528 cm)
Price
:
Rs. 5,000 ($68)
Remarks
Dorya the lion was strong and just.
Master of the Mara's veldt,
Prime territory by a water hole,
Where abundant prey dwelt.
One sizzling day
He found neath a shrub
The bleeding body
Of an orphaned cub.
Lions kill cubs
That are not theirs,
But his wounded heart wept
For its helpless stare.
Hesitantly accepted,
Not guided nor schooled,
But for timely kindness
From the lion that ruled.
Winter upon lonely winter
Spent under the pride’s heel.
Eschewed with disdainful scorn.
Left scraps every meal.
Till one day a pair of young males
Conspired to arrogate
Power over the pride
To usurp and subjugate.
A savage battle was fought
With Dorya brawling the two.
Outnumbered against the odds,
‘Twas an unfair coup.
One telling blow and the king fell
Wounded on his side.
A dark cloud of doubt cast over
The throne of the pride.
A final strike of death
And power would be theirs,
But the wounded heart weeps
For a helpless stare.
As the duo neared maliciously
To ensure the king’s demise,
Out of the pandemonium
A deafening roar did rise.
Out leapt the scarred one
Between the king and the pair.
Devoid of mother’s strength,
To requite fatherly care.
Suffering endless blows,
Rising up time and again.
The final tryst with his soulmate,
Insufferable pain.
Scars borne and inflicted
Flesh ripped out from hide,
Till three motionless corpses
Lay by Dorya’s side.
A gruesome martyrdom
To forestall regicide,
A valorous self-annihilation
Never witnessed by a pride.
Some scars are of the flesh,
And some are of the soul.
Some kill a part of you,
And some can end you whole.
Each affliction is a test of
How much you can endure,
Gnawing away, bit by bit,
Till the pain is no more.
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