By Kumar Bhatt
REWRITING
I wish
I could think
In an ir - erasable way
So that what I write
Need not be rewritten
To satisfy
The whims of expert ideas
That are invited
To find excuses
For erasing
What I just wrote.
It is not that
I want to write
Something unforgettable.
For many such things
Are often better off
When erased,
And I don't like
To erase anything.
Unfortunately it happens
Sometimes or Often
Or Usually that
What is just written
Feels itself to be immature,
Not properly dressed,
To be presented to
The gaze of others.
What can one do
Except agreeing to erase
Such immature words.
But that is painful..
Or perhaps
It ought to be painful
With a tinge of guilt
For not being able to think
In an ir - erasable way.
Though perhaps
Not as painful
As erasing the lives
That are just being formed and don't yet know
If they are presentable!
Kumar Bhatt is a retired professor of Physics interested in everything in general. After retirement in 2002, he has been trying to learn to write. He lives in Ahmedabad.
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