A. V. Koshy redux

Swapna Sundari

(First Draft.)

Bangalore (rewind)

Lost everything
but gained everything
now I see so clearly
wherever I turn
however I live
wherever I go
walking by my side
what I can no longer 
dispense with
How strange the tale of finding it
what one never thought
existed but
in the stories
of olden times
:Love, faith, hope, compassion
beauty, truth, grace and poetry
all on the road
right here by my side
and far away
by the side of my bird spirit
from your hands

I am doubly blessed
now to get back what was lost.

Bird Spirit -- Anita V. Bauer