By Sheldon John Dias
Gazing into a mirror on a Saturday morning…
As I gaze into the crystal flattened and stretched
I search for meanings – of life and of memories etched.
Who am I?
Where am I?
Why am I?
Here?
I ask myself these questions till I faintly hear :
You are chaos
You are the cosmos
You are light and darkness
Shining brightly through prisms of uncut gems.
Alive in a spectrum of life and death and then life again.
You are the elaichi in kadak chai
The icing on macaroons and
Pani in the hands of the puchkawala.
You are the dal in the khichdi and
every grain of atta in your paratha.
You are the pandal blocking the road on Durga Puja.
You are the magician at the end of his Act saying, “ Ta da”.
You are a drop of rain. You are the ocean.
You are the sun and moon and stars altogether.
You are the highways and by-ways
And dead ends of a one- way street to bedlam.
You are the question and the answer.
You are the lie and the truth.
You are no one and everyone.
You are a mystery of this universe
but not a mystery to you!
Sheldon John Dias is an Educational Supervisor and a teacher of English and Drama at GEMS Modern Academy, Dubai. He has also served on several examination boards and panels. He is passionate about theatre and elocution and is currently working on his first book
