Where have gone those — those
tormented by desire?
Every twig, every bough was bedecked
with tinsel.
Now a feeble ray is left at my tip
— eyes expectant, lain in wait for Navroz
When spring will again stretch its arms
And summer run riot with colour
and tempestuous fragrance
Heir of epochs.
What then if sunshine is lost
and darkness begins to weave its snare?
I will not doze.
Dust hovering in the breeze
has receded — a grain at a time.
Evening shadows brew scheming whispers.
The lone apple of my eyes — this naïve ray
will also find a pretext.
See! How fair, how comely, how intent
Yet when dark has extracted its due,
Who will speak out for it?
Eyes groping in the dark
Hands bereft, numb
A circle without a centre.