FOR UMASHANKAR JOSHI Comments

You gave us a pair of eyes
you also made them moist
you made the earth overflow with your giving
you taught us to walk through the jungle, to cross
the jungle.

You were the one who whispered the mantras in our ears
that knocked at the doors of the light within

You created a bridge spanning from here to there

You gave us a pair of eyes
and also made them moist.


1988.
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