Self Denial
Greeting - a compulsion or a fear,
as natives welcome the invaders,
or as meek tea-planters surrender
to confidence and brawny power?
Greeting - so that semblance of joy
remains intact, without interference.
The self is in anguish for there's other,
the second bringing in element of fear,
stranglehold of centuries in isolation,
of ignorance of one's second nature.
Release me from your clutches now.
But you have not lifted the anchor
and complain of permanent mooring,
denying yourself a trip to other shore!
--
c s shah
|