Udaya Pant Poems

Do not come my way, O Desire!
Do not come! Do not come!

I am conscious of what I say
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I was flabbergasted
At her straightforwardness

Stretching her arms at me
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Whenever you want
Whatever you want to do
They say, “Don’t”.
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Yes friends! I am Gandhi far out of your reach
I do not want to come down and beseech
Earlier also I never tried anything to preach
I had only wanted myself to follow and teach!
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I feel like laughing
Looking at the sorrow
On your own face
While lighting my pyre
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Your accusation
Shook and shattered me

I was waiting for
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The moments
That we spent together
Is not just a page
Of passed history
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In your over-ambition
To follow and practice
Twenty first century
Institutions and systems
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At times, I realize
People having lost
Their sensitivities
And become stones
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You came to me
Now, a bit late!

Just like that moon
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