I am not a stranger,
To the dark; 
But, tonight,
The sky appears:
Blacker than black.

 

Where are the stars?
Where are they all hiding?

 

Do I wait for the glitter,
To show it’s appearance?
So that I can become...
A person of dreams?
Everything is pitch black;
But I am not a stranger,
To the dark.

 

Mumbai
10th July 2020

                          

Geeta Chhabra

 

(From Lockdown Collection)