In my sky too
shukla dwadashi tried to appear sometimes,
I remember
that ancient era when there was no speed in the language of the mouth…
when the roof of dream disappears
on a day filled with thrills in the veins
of the body…
all dharapat in life becomes a mistake…
Sitting in endless hard times
good words & good feelings become bonsai
The afternoon touched by the colors
of the sunset
is drafting so many letters
If all mornings & afternoons of the world were a storehouse of drafts
Tahmina would be looking for a home
The body, woven at a sale price on the wedding night,
is tired & exhausted in the folds of sari.
When the mother’s face and father’s likeness, seen in childhood,
are erased from the sleepless eyes
Tahmina becomes bonsai.
Notes –
1) Shukla Dwadashi :
This is twelfth lunar day of the bright half of the Hindu month, considered auspicious for starting new ventures, and often associated with performing rituals like the Tulsi Vivah. It is ruled by Vishnu and Savitar and is known for its “fame-giving” nature. It is the day to break the Ekadashi fast and is considered good for activities like marriage, first feeding, and peaceful, auspicious works.
2) Dharapat :
This is heavy and incessant rain; a book of arithmetical enumeration.
Here dharapat means just flow.
3) Bonsai :
This is the Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, with a long documented history of influences and native Japanese development over a thousand years, and with unique aesthetics, cultural history, and terminology derived from its evolution in Japan.
4) Sari :
This is a garment of southern Asian women that consists of several yards of lightweight cloth draped so that one end forms a skirt and the other a head or shoulder covering
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