Which of my Selves Do you wish to Speak to? by Shiv K Kumar

Author:Shiv K Kumar [Kumar K. Shiv]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789353053505
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2018-10-09T00:00:00+00:00

An Indian Mother’s Advice to Her Daughter before Marriage

Giving up all your hoardings

before dying

may not be entirely painful

for the first bleeding that splutters

like oil on fire is also a cleanser.

Don’t ever argue

at the moment of surrender

for the end is ineluctable. So move in

with moonshine on your face and the quick

of the sun between your thighs.

But take time unfolding yourself.

Let him first burn

awhile on the hot sand

for this is also the moment of claiming,

not giving in only.

A man’s memory is myopic,

like a sparrow’s; once filled up,

he hardens into a bedrock.

And often at night you may find

yourself alone, pulling feathers

out of your pillow. But be patient.

If he’s gone out fishing down the dark

river, he’ll be back for in spite of his appetite a man

cannot swallow both ends of the rainbow.

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