A strange problem I have a strange problem these days — The power to hate with all my heart Is ebbing by the day
I want to hate the English (They ruled us for two centuries) But Shakespeare sidles up To whom I owe so much I want to hate the Muslims But Ghalib stands before me Tell me, is it possible to stand up To him? I want to hate the Sikhs And Guru Nanak fills my vision And my head is bowed And this Kamban, this Thyagaraja, this Muthuswamy… A hundred thousand times I tell myself They are not mine They're from some place far South But the heart does not rest Till they are made mine And that lover Who betrayed me the first time I'd as soon kill her as look at her! I do see her, but Sometimes she is a friend Sometimes a mother Often like a sister And I drink from the cup of love, and am still All my days I wander like a madman In search of someone I can Hate with all my heart And ease it for a while But precisely the opposite happens Somewhere, sometime I find someone I cannot help but love Day by day, this disease of love is growing Rooted firmly in the fantasy That one day my love Will show me Paradise - Kunwar Narain (http://www.littlemag.com/looking/kunwarnarain.html) --- http://insmallpieces.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Did you get this mail as a forward? Subscribe by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join. Members are encouraged to post poetry, their own and others', respond critically to the poems circulated, and participate in discussions. Post via email at [email protected] OR online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post. ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
