IN SEARCH OF…………….

On the look-out for

my friend

who went missing since an year

I have already traversed

long distance

rivers, streams, hills,

mountains, villages

and cities…..

and despite all my search

I couldn’t fish him out.

But on reaching this holy land

I had an intuition that

he must be somewhere here

immersed in meditation

and I vowed to find

him wherever he was

and with that intuition

in my mind

I spent a long duration

searching him on the

nook and cranny of the land

inquired about such a man

whose features I explained

to each man in detail

and I could get the stock reply

which was that all

of them are recalling

such a man

but none could point out

where he was…

Caressing and embracing

such a dream

I couldn’t feel like

leaving this land

and I am very much

here since a long period

often pondering about

the possibility of

someone from my village

roaming and roaming across

this land in search of myself…

Still,

I never nursed and nurtured

the hope of leaving this land

and return to my village….