I just overheard someone repeat,
‘Basant is here.'
Do I see any sign of Spring?
Flowers are yet to bloom,
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‘Be stern', he shouted, ‘Hold on to your dreams';
‘Preserve them', he later added a little pensively.
‘What for? ' I asked, ‘I cannot store them in my memory.'
Would that not change the course of my thoughts?
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When I was a child, I heard this tale from my mother.
Very long ago, there lived a boy named Raju,
Who was careless and wicked.
One day
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Do not be scared,
Hold my hand,
I shall guide you through
The fearsome maze
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Do I not know
You are the sole reason for my being,
And for my laughter and flight.
Do you have to remind me time and again
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I want to be with you.
I do not know
Which way the wind blows
I see the clouds sail,
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He cries ever so loud when asked -
‘Why do you cry? '
To calm him, how else am I to ask!
There is no other way, you also say.
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The bare truth is - You belong to me;
From the moment I first set my eyes on you
I wanted you to be mine forever.
Since you are,
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Perhaps it is you who erred,
You judged me wrongly,
Doubted my commitment,
And questioned my faith and resolve
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Strands of different colours
Hang from his open window,
They extend to the farthest reach,
Of the street he says is his;
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