I am looking for a candle,
To light up the sky.
I am a wanderer,
Wandering in the growing darkness…
Tears in my blazing eyes.

How will it be then,
The sky so bleak and grey?
The horizon which is a dot
In the uncertain distance,
Will it be a sight of daybreak?

I've never tried before,
Lighting up the sky,
With just a candle.
In the unruffled glow,
I hope to find serenity.

There is life in my silence.
There is meaning to my grief.
I am destined to live
In a newer world.
Shall I ever find it?

The sun took away my head,
For vagrant offerings,
Against many scattered lies.
I hear the sound of the hour.
I read the writing on the wall.

Now, I am looking for a candle,
To light up the sky.
So thought I,
Wandering in the growing darkness…
Tears in my blazing eyes.

Dubai

Geeta Chhabra

Recited for World Sight Day on 9th October 2014 in Dubai at Healthcare City.
From the forthcoming book: Smash My Glass by Geeta Chhabra