A See-Saw Poem by Baru Gobira

The Tip of a divine fulcrum
Knows not the weight on either side
But balance it
It must
Knowing divinity needs poise
To lift one up
And send the other down
A common ground
Of equality
In the public park
Of ridicule
Till
One day
The riders dismount
In search of smaller gods
That their ego promotes
In the smallness of minds
That need
Lesser poles
To drive stakes
Into their journey
That has but one end.

[ Sept 2009 Hyderabad India ]