Mother

Can I be allowed

To be the Krishna

For a day?

Can I be allowed

To go to Devaki

And Yashoda

To say,

'Oh! Mother,

Mother me again,

I am wayward,

I am no more

Ball of your eyes,

Give me

The craving

To become innocent,

Teach me

The jargon of love.

'Can I be allowed

To be the Krishna

For a day,

I want to be harnessed again

With the cane of love,

I want to be tied again

With the rope of love,

I want to be taught again

With the lessons of truth