Affection

They are neither rare
Nor precious
Not at all available
On earth or in heaven
Tears ... of unique love,
Of the soul
Of expanse unfathomable!

A dark cloud of tears surges

From the deep undiscovered

Pilgrimage of the heart,
And then ...
At that moment when
The splendour of holy feelings
Spreads on the face ­
Both eyes filled with tears,
The edge of the sari1 wipes them away!

© 2005 Mahendar Bhatnagar

1 Length of cloth worn by Indian women.

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