Rain Diary-Part3 of 3
1. Today’s rains make me feel a drought
All the more thirstingly. A drought
Of all that is not unwanted
All that is not love, that is.
In times when farmers kill themselves
Due to debts, a rash truck kills
A man on a walk and fellow
Students rape a girl in the lab.
It’s all goose-turd and rat-piss.
2. What it would be like if the rains
Could be stilled in mid air. To hold
It stilled in hand and seek
Like a child its sparkle inside.
Dull or sparkling, something or nothing
I wouldn’t break it like a child.
Rain and water are brittle like
Limbs, hearts and life. Handle with care.
3. Is it not wonderful when
Tomorrow’s rains rain today. Yes.
But not always. Today it is.
Tomorrow I might be drenched
To my bones. But its soaking me
To my heart’s content today
Is the price the day offers
To all those who waited out the bad
Days through failed power, lost TV serials
And washings that would not get dry
And washed away belongings.
4. And finally when it rains, it
Is simply rain. Torrential
Or scanty, flowing or fitful.
No room to safekeep my private
Thoughts against the querying chill
No scope for my forlorn hopes
Against this searching soggy breeze.
Someone across the street has switched
On a record which goes about
Repeating ‘Om Namah Sivayah’
And I conclude boldly and brightly
It rains pristine and cold. It rains.
Like a holy chant, an oft-heard song
It rains life and hope. It rains.
Note:
1.Bundh is a form of public protest in India against governmental action or inaction and is observed through closure of business establishments, stopping of public transports etc for a specified duration, usually a day.
2.Om Namah sivayah is a religious chant, which is supposed to bring the blessings of Lord Siva .
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