APPARENT AND REAL
-
Manas Bakshi (India)
Reading someone's mind-
It's easy to anticipate
Not easy to comprehend,
The fissures on the surface
Mark the difference
Between the firm and the delicate.
When in love
Mind's flying with the comforting wind,
When betrayed
It's a torn kite
Swirling in adverse breeze,
Barren land ready
To receive it;
Mind unread-
True love swears by
Neither logic not reason,
And to live down the memory
Of a lost face of love
Is to live with
A toothless smile
And without the thrill
Of a dove in flight.
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