Birbal Singh

Poems grow like plants
irrespective of the land,
soil, or climate.
They grow in lands fertile
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Art thou a winged thief?
As bards have called thee.
Or as called that great scientist,
An illusion.
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I am clinging to my life
like the last
leaf
clings to the twig
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Under the fierce sun,
the coal black road burns,
among honks and beeps
all parched and drenched
...

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Long before I met you
your presence was felt
you were there to tease my dreams
in fancied memories of love
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I cannot promise you only flowers
cause thorns are inescapable
I cannot promise you only light
cause dark is inevitable
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Your memory touches my mind
like soft breeze
touches a lake
and makes ripples
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Those that I killed
are buried under the surface.
The surface,
where I roll my boulder up
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Thus, came you, into my life
early rays of morrow
into a dark night
brightening everything in sight.
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I think of you
it makes me smile
others look at me
it makes them smile too
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