Talak Poem by Rajkumar Mukherjee

TALAK

if there was no light
to-night
except those of the stars
perhaps
it would have been better
to utter
that prohibitive word…


if you were not before me
with your golden face
and luminous eyes
perhaps
it would have been easier
to utter
that outlawing word…


if it was not spring
and the birds sing
their beauteous melodies
perhaps
it would have been cosier
to utter
that irrefutable word…




rajkumar@kolkata
28-10-2009
Rajkumar Mukherjee

(Note: -‘TALAK’ in URDU means Divorce. According to Shari at Law,
If the husband utters TALAK thrice, the Divorce is enforceable in law.
This is not applicable vice versa.)