Gaurav Shah

Tonight

The evening is now gone, and the night is always lonely;
I am picking out words of a poem from the dark sky.

Tonight my thoughts have gone in search of metaphors,
Tonight, dipping my pen in moonlight, I have given birth to stars.

Beyond my window, the sea has settled down
in a drowsy motion, lulling the dhows to sleep.

All of this-the night, the moonlight, the stars,
the drowsy sea, the silent dhows-wants to remain free.

Tonight my thoughts have returned empty-handed
and my poem lies unfinished on the page.

 

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     Gaurav Shah has a BA in English from Temple University (summa cum laude) and a MA in English from University of Delaware where he was a Presidential Fellow.

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