could you be

• could  you  be

  
  

  Could  you  be  the  soft wipes

  On my face when cumin seeds

  erupt  like  hot pellets  from  the

  frying pan, when  the right hand

  is  with  the  ladle, the left  helplessly

  drawing closer to  the  eyes ?

  
  

  could  you be my  strength to

  hold on straight to  the  rills

  on the  moving bus if positioned

  to stand on the foot-board  

  while  jostled on all sides,

  hanging, hanging  for   Life?

  
  

  Could  you be  my balanced

  force  to swim   against  the 

  odd  currents  in the  much

  troubled  waters  wondering

  the  mystery of  ocean, universe

  and  watery  force ?

  
  

  Above  all, Yours  must be

  The unforsaking   Hand

  ready  to redress  my call

  of  urgency  and  dire necessity

   for  my unquestioning  will 

  and  spirit  and  prostrating  ever  to You.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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