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A Glass of Time

An evocative poem by Dr. Tejaswini, exclusively for Different Truths.

Hey, why do you come to me
only with a glass of time…?
You put it before me
and astonished, I start sipping.

Lost in your eyes deep, blue
I lose half of my time.
Espying the loss,
I slow down the rhyme.

Evening melts into it,
stars rise from the surface.
I try to extend my glass;
you allow it knowing the limit.

If I don’t sip them,
it loses the taste
with the last one,
you rise with unrest.

I realise, it’s not you
that has brought the glass
but the destiny has handed it
to you, the delicious time to cross.

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Dr. Tejaswini Patil
Dr. (Mrs.) Tejaswini Patil writes about Nature, social issues, feminist sensibilities and her experiences. She has published two collections of poems, ‘Talons and Nets’ and ‘Verses of Silence’. The translation of the previous into Romanian language by Dr. Ligia Tomoiaga has been published in Bucharest, Romania. A reference book entitled ‘Relations and Relationship’ is to her credit. And a collection of Hindi poems, ‘Kaainat’ has also been published.

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