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Someday
Someday I shall come to know and become wise
Why the sun hides at night ? why does it rise ?
Wherefrom came the huge oceans of salt water ?
Who made those lofty cold mountains ?
Sweet smelling pine trees- Dusk draws the curtains
Why does the African tusker have such large ears and tusks ?
Give me all the answers and I'd pay a thousand bucks !!
Why the centipede has a hundred legs and we only two ?
Can you give me a reply.. I'll be indebted to you
What goes on in the crow's brain when it picks up a fight ?
If you care to answer it 'll make my head light
I stayed awake five whole nights a decade ago
To perceive a tiny bud blossom into a flower
Bugs crawled all over me, mosquitoes stung me hard
I lost my health completely- people called me mad !
Then I met a wise man whom I still regard as a teacher
He kept me awake one night - told stories from scriptures
I perceived a bud blooming which left me in raptures
He told me to avoid "I" and "me" from my writing
His words made me rethink everything but brain began biting !!
Bonded thoughts freed themselves from their shackles
He tried hard to stop my writing - he hit me hard on my knuckles !!
Write on !! Write on !! live on !! said my brain
He flapped his wings ,flew away, crying out in pain !!
I soothed him with loving words- invited him to my lair
Told him to keep shut since he wasn't being fair
The fare doled out by Nature I'll taste with relish
Try hard to taste the food till the years make me finish
© Bishwanath Mukherjee
