ONE DAY I REALISE
Dr. Manas
Bakshi
Once again
Thoughts are diluted
In your tired eyes
Once again
I seek refuge
In your lack-lustre breast
Not with
The first - day fervour
Exploring the bodyline
Nor with
The middle age gesture
Grumbling for words
To have the scarlet instinct defined -
Once again
I realise today
All that’s heralding
My quest in you:
A crop
Growing cactus-like
Beyond the conjugal clue!