All those sins
Dr. Rati Saxena
All those sins
I am trying to forget,
piled on my back
growing as mountain
Now I am
a snail
slow, slow and slow
*Time is changing
I look at the mirror
The Calendar is only an echo of figures*
Embracing the umbilical cord
I want to sleep
in the womb
of eternity
So?
should I pass again through
pangs of pains?
*
Every one in search of
a flute
to entice
all the rats
Chinese astrology says
this is the year of the rat
*I offer my karma
to astrologers
now they tell me
all about my
eating, drinking and sleeping
where is my upper part
above the neck?
*marmalade in golden jar
time is making it thick
spoonful
rolls on my tongue
I savour it
as your memory.
*if this door disappears
we will be in front of
each other again
is this a TIME?*
the whip is sharp
the marks are painful
he came to me
with a soft touch
pain gone
is this Time?
Dr. Rati Saxena - the Illustrious Editor of Krtya.in, is an eminent Hindi poet, translator and Sanskrit scholar. She has authored three collections of poems in Hindi (Maya mahathagini, ajanmi kavita ki kokh se, sapane dekhata samudra) and one each in English and Malayalam (in translation). Among the several awards she has received, the most coveted is the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation in 2000. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Culture and Arts Fellowship, which helped her complete this path-breaking work “A seed of mind-a fresh approach to Atharvavedic study".
e-mail: ratisaxena@gmail.com
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