A moment's flashback
ignited mu soul.
A bolt of lightning
struck me.
Scorching all of me –
except my heart…

My heart turned
into a spate,
a spree
of wild rapids,
creating a furore.

Was it you
who had passed
by my thoughts?
Saving my heart –
Just a while ago…

Mumbai
1994

Geeta Chhabra

From the book: No Journey Ends by Geeta Chhabra