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Arvind Sharma

Abstract

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Arvind Sharma

Abstract

The Day After

The Day After

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I stood at the edge of desert

Staring at its vastness

Huge swathes of sand and sand dunes clouded my vision.


The desert stared back

Unseeing

Unfeeling

Yet powerful enough

To devour everything coming in its way.


I asked the desert

Give me some sand

The desert with its silence

Gave its acquiescence

The unmentioned condition was

Eventually whatever belongs to it

Has to come back.


My hands closed around the sand

As much as they could hold

Yet as the time passed

The sand slipped out of my hands

Slowly but surely.


It is day after

Again I stand at the edge of desert

I don’t make an effort to collect sand

I know desert will take it back.


My power diminished

I marvel at the power of desert

And wait for it.

To give me a little bit of sand for keeping

Not for ever

But for a little while.


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