Chittaranjan Dash, Delhi, 1 September 2024
Who cries in the thick of nights?
What intersperses with crickets’ songs?
What billowing despair blows a moon’s heart apart?
What restlessness keeps the eyes open?
Who slumbers like time past in another’s dream?
Who sees the spider’s eyes doing a business cycle?
What immutable law of nature holds us together?
What compels us to surrender to grime of earth?
Who will open a window to see light dancing in dark?
Who will extinguish light to be an amoral blind?
Who will comfort the disturbed child?
What can bring peace to our souls?
