Chittaranjan Dash, Delhi, 16 July 2023
You dream of Masai Mara-
A giraffe rises from thickets of grass
Like head of clarity slowly
Emerges from a Byzantine land of Lilliputians
An indisputable roar
Echoes in the air declaring advent of king lion
You are a vulnerable mass
Zebras run before you all zigzag
Defining multicultural accidents of cosmos
You cling to possibilities
But the night swoops down
Swift as eagle’s move carrying stars to you
As fierce as courage you burn
As dream merges in your bone
Is it the moon that licks you clean of all sins
You surrender to Masai Mara
Letting the dream devour you in whole
Crunching sounds in your soul-
You turn into Masai Mara.
