Saturday, June 30, 2007
ghazal ("Courage")
Every hawker sells a different kind of courage
every street compells a different kind of courage
if you voyage east is it true you'll reach the west?
in the ocean swells a different kind of courage
when you leave the nest will the sky become your mother?
apprehension gells a different kind of courage
it's distressing to proceed without perception
yet each glimpse propells a different kind of courage
every temple bell desires to sound your secret
every breath expells a different kind of courage
every house is built in hope every lie's in earnest
every woodsman fells a different kind of courage
in the marketplace did you coax a hundred smiles?
every tear impells a different kind of courage
all the colors strive to paint the true condition
every inkling spells a different kind of courage
honkikng horns resemble birdcry in the city
urban fortune tells a different kind of courage
must the seeker wander blind without direction
till compassion quells a different kind of courage?
many visions prove confusing to the dreamer
only dawn dispells a different kind of courage
did Ardeo run to greet you in the morning?
now his evening knells a different kind of courage
(written 23 June 2007, in Bangalore; begun with jottings in a 3-wheeler departing the Jayanagar market)
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