Poems of Paras Arora

MAP

This is the map

Depicted in the map are

Asia and Africa

I hold my finger on it

And it gets smeared with blood.

During such a crucial time

We deeply realize

How helpful is a good neighbour

We miss him a lot

If he departs from us

After staying together.

POEM .2 

ACCOUNT- KEEPING

A businessman

Sitting in his shop

Is counting money

And maintaining account of

Earning of the whole day.

An ill-fated woman

Sitting in her kitchen

Counts baked chapatis

Moves around her probing hand

In canister of flour

And maintains account of 

Appetite of entire family.

DARKNESS AND BRIGHTNESS

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So much of darkness

That all the four directions 

Are enveloped by it

So much of brightness 

That eyes are dazzled

Tell me, dear friend

Now, what do you suggest

Which place is left

To fix our gaze on it?

Let us follow this line of action

Tie this light in a bundle

Carry it on our shoulders

And invite  darkness as well

Keep on marching---

Keep on moving ahead--

Pierce this darkness

And distribute in all homes

Brightness stored in bundle

On these endless roads

Stumbling a lot

Fee lose their courage

But this mountain like firm decision

Won't shatter into pieces now

Now, share my mind with you

What is your decision?

Rajni Chhabra