Japanese Girl Poem by Rajkumar Mukherjee

JAPANESE GIRL


the painted tattoo of Zodiac signs
on the base of your neck
started revolving my world around
in front of the Buddhist Monastery
like the planets round the sun

dreams started floating like clouds
will it be Shiva the destroyer
the Trishul on your forehead

Vishnu the preserver
the Lotus on the cleavage of your heart
and Brahma the creator
the eternal OM on your navel

you kept me guessing and dreaming
the Japanese girl
in front of the Buddhist Monastery

the stretched arms for alms
of the Monks
went abegging…



Singapore/03-08-2009
@Rajkumar Mukherjee