Apratyashit: Hindi poem by Shakuntala Sharma English version: Rajni Chhabra

 UNEXPECTED 

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We had thought

We will move hand in hand

In fields of mustard

Did you too?

Why??

I, too, made a lot of promises

Moving on wings of wind

We will converse

I will show you

Pretty blossoms

You will make me follow

Butterfly

On rainbow path

Treading, holding hands

Daily

We used to run

Moving with wind

Reached village of our dreams

I said

"How beautiful is this world?"

You said

" How handsome I am"?

I said

"Yoy are beautiful, because of this beautiful world."

You said

" Firstly, I am beautiful

Mention my name first.

And then anybody else is beautiful."

My love!

I  had to show you entire world

You were

"Mine" 

Since epochs

To verify my ushering

" Is this world beautiful?"

When did you move away for verification?

I am indulged in life-long thinking

Who left the axis

Me...or he?




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