If I Am Born Again Poem by Arun Maji

If I am born again
and I don't see you there;
don't ask me,
don't ask me, that is so obvious.

Why would shore live
if the sea is not there?
Why would rays live
if the Sun is not there?

Tree needs earth's embrace to grow.
Moonlight needs moon's smile to glow.
Same way,
I need You to grow.

If a swallow comes
and he finds spring is not there;
what would happen to him?

He would stare and stare...
at the empty garden.
May be, there are beautiful flowers.
May be, there is a flowing river.
Yet, everything would be such a despair!

He would then
sink into shadow of sadness.
And a day would come...
he would be no more.

I am so dissolved in you!
You appear, I appear.
You disappear, I disappear.
You are cause, I am effect.

If I am born again
and I don't see you there!
Let there be Sun, let there be moon;
but, I won't be there.

Poem-© Arun Maji
Painting: Amit Bhar