Tag: Uttar Pradesh

A Little Music ~ A Little Dance

I remind myself

Everyday:

A little music
A little dance

Even better:

A lot

Forgive me
Young man
For startling you
With my camera

I heard
But did not hear
You exiting the door

And my eye
Was on a scooter

For which I’d waited

I step
From the shadows
Into the light
With the innocence
Of a child
Ready
To take flight

The devil
They say
Is in the details

But so too
Is the beauty

Therefore, God

Staggered by the
Scale as much as the
Stunning Beauty

All the lines
Are precise
And pristine
As to seem
An architect’s model
Atop his desk

Then I notice
The tiny figures
Taking photos and selfies

Come closer, dear
So I can come
To know you better

In your presence
I deliver myself
To your mysteries

Long have I known
Her beauty from afar
But I have longed
To know her in detail

Even the purest love
Requires a little maintenance
From time to time

A moment
A flash in passing
From a train window

A shawl
A dress
A woman

Old?

Yes

An old woman
Blending into the landscape
Now gone
Faster than you’ve read this
And soon enough
Forgotten