Tag Archives: Hope

I WANT TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME AND PEACE

I want to have sufficient time and peace To not have to think about anything, To not even feel alive, To only find out about me through the eyes of another, reflected.

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EACH DAY NOW I WAKE UP WITH JOY AND SORROW

Each day now I wake up with joy and sorrow. In the old days I’d wake up without feeling anything; I’d wake up. I have joy and shame because I have lost what I dreamt And yet I might be … Continue reading

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WOMANHOOD

नारी तुम एक आस हो जो गूंजती है मासूम सी किलकारियों में जो थक के भी टिकी रहे जिम्मेदारियों में नारी तुम एक एहसास हो जो महकता है, हाथो की नर्मियों में जो चहकता है, आँखों की बेशर्मियों में

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLVI

In this way or that way, Conforming to the race but not racing, I am able to at times speak my mind, And at times say evil from the melting pot, I will write my poetry without intention, As if … Continue reading

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXXV

The moonlight through the high branches, The poets all say that it’s more Than the moonlight through the high branches. But for me I’m not sure what I think, What the moonlight through the high branches Is, apart from being … Continue reading

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