Women's Day: Asha Singh Gaur

Asha Singh Gaur

Asha Singh Gaur is a creative copywriter, editor and translator. Her first book of poetry, ‘Surkh Laal Barf’ is a compilation of fifty poems on various human emotions.

She has translated various stories, novels, articles, and famous comic books like Archies and Riverdale from English to Hindi. She was awarded the Radha Awadhesh Sahitya Smriti Samman for best poetry manuscript, and the Sahitya Ratna Award by India Netbooks, Delhi for ‘Surkh Laal Barf’.

 

The music from my past


The music from my past

haunts me, round the clock,

every second of every minute.

From the rise of dawn,

To the approaching morn.

It Knocks constantly at my doors,

Knock knock, knock knock…

while I try to keep up with my chores.

 

It’s the music of freedom,

it sounds like waterfalls,

it feels like the touch of a breeze

Coming from the seashores.

The splash of waves on the rocks and

The pitter-patter of the raindrops…

 

It is a magical hymn, I long for,

At the end of every day.

After cooking, cleaning and Dusting,

If I have any more life remaining,

I can cater to the hymn,

Just before I surrender again

and dance to my other’s tunes.

 

If not, then the hymn

Will have to wait again,

And again, till I finally

Listen to it, intently

and reclaim my life eventually.

And dance to the music of my past

Once again, uninhibited, uncontrolled

just like the liberated spirit

of the music from my past.

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