Darkling Darkness!
You are standing out so well!
With your covetous look,
Courting the stars off and on,
In the soft moon-lit night....

Your impenetrable face is always young!
As a newly born summerly brook.
You outshine the hues of a thousand flowers,
And all those shimmering ponds
Of lilies so bright....

You clad my dreams in fondling hope.
Your still and silent image is the reflective pool
Of my inner eye.
My Dark Lantern! You are so vivid, and strong!
Stay! Remain by my solitary side.

Mumbai
1995

Geeta Chhabra

From the book: No Journey Ends by Geeta Chhabra