Quest for a Form: Meena Chopra

Meena Chopra

Translated from Hindi into English: Sunil Sharma

In the---

ashes of the

Lord Shiva

dance of the

dust of life

anonymity of the

dark labyrinths

swirls of the

dusty earth

flowing river’s thirst

and sometimes

in the un-nameable

expectations

of your eyes, everywhere

I try to retrieve the lost identities

but

these selves get embedded

in the

lines of my clenched

palms

and

the closed palms do not

open up easily!

The Day Arrives

After collecting the nightly

stars

decorate the day’s dress

with them

now

the vacant yard of the

night

shimmers with the day’s

splinters

as a

gesture of

defiance

the setting sun in a

far-off place

emerges from the

embrace

of

the horizon.

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Setu, January 2024