JOYDEEP SENGUPTA

Give And Take

Take an autumn leaf that’s turned to brown
Let it nestle in your palm
Take a homeless child that runs the street
and keep him out from harm

Take the pain you felt when you broke up
and the healing touch of time
Take the pride of toil in a sweaty brow
to wash away the grime

Take a bite of that old bitter fruit
which, you thought was sweet
Take a tree that’s lost its arms to man
to make his two ends meet

Take the earth displaced to dig a hole
too deep for you to see
Take the salt you kept to burn the wound
to make a savoury
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