Refusal
Oozing out
To travel in time
And growing so large
Till earth appeared;
Affectionately, cajolingly
A cell sucked breaths within
As love’s elixir
Seeped into her
Till it took no more.
Then he came to cry
That world inside
Could where he belong.
He also peeped and
Pageantries in air saw;
But heavenly flowers
Were they whence
Oozing out he'd seen.
So he ceased to cry, to peep
And crept cajolingly back into
His mother’s mound…
As cradle stood and
Lantern trimmed its
Cotton wick availingly
(Written in early 70's)
Dubai Chalo
Do you know my son lives in Dubai?
He works in the oil field..
Every month he sends us money
in local currency..
And we buy chinni, atta, ghee.
The rest we keep in the trunk
to give Chambeli her dowry..
He also writes to us to know
if we are happy..
We send greetings that
we're glad he's earning..
Though labouring to "cultivate sands"
he sends us so much of money..
It keeps the choola alive
and cow giving us milk..
Next year Inshallah
if the harvest is good
We will marry him off
to the Headmaster's daughter..
Has become a man
and felt the earth..
Beneath his feet!
(Written in early 70's)
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