Saturday, January 19, 2013

Indus

My name is Khalid Irfan.
Today I woke up in Skardu.
Tonight I will sleep in Mohenjo-daro.
Five stars are my fathers.
Five rivers are my sons.


In the mists above Karachi,
how many droplets jostle and coalesce?
Contracts and marriage vows dissolved
by the law of water.


From Kang Rinpoche to Sapta Singhu,
water woven into wind,
wind woven into water,
blue into blue.

 
 

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