aspire to reach the sun
pine hard, long enough
that anatomy changes
crane up to bask
in the effervescent sunlit sky
at a hot air balloon's height
then, also, stick your head
into the bedazzling brilliance
of a jumped-in monsoon puddle
follow the sun to the ground
the linear path imagined
shall curl into a spiral
bend down harder and
you may see light shining
under you, inside you
laden clouds around your neck
cast shadows, obscure vision
'other' the world
don't you want to be
bigger than what shaped you?
30.04.2020
pine hard, long enough
that anatomy changes
crane up to bask
in the effervescent sunlit sky
at a hot air balloon's height
then, also, stick your head
into the bedazzling brilliance
of a jumped-in monsoon puddle
follow the sun to the ground
the linear path imagined
shall curl into a spiral
bend down harder and
you may see light shining
under you, inside you
laden clouds around your neck
cast shadows, obscure vision
'other' the world
don't you want to be
bigger than what shaped you?
30.04.2020
Published in hākārā: a bilingual journal of creative expression, Turbulence, Issue 12 in September 2020
https://www.hakara.in/pooja-ugrani/
