WOMAN

you are almost me

in your body, mind and spirit

though today you speak of your  female body

with affectation

and sometimes soaked in poison

no wonder that such words

are at times not in equilibrium

i m almost you

in my body, mind and spirit

though I have spoken  too much of my male body

in the corpus of law, language and religion

no wonder such words now sink into oblivion

it is time

i and you became the one we

to shine like stars

of a clear blue sky

defining each in the other

in every weather

all that we need is

to understand that though our roots

that sprung from the soil same

may not be exactly the same

but we are to spread out

into body of the sky

not as body but as  breath

not  as spirits but simple faith

not as man or woman

but simply human.

Comp. n copy right : saroj k. padhi

19/08/14