Thursday, February 14, 2008

All You who Sleep Tonight

On the occasion of Valentine's day..... A poem by Vikram Seth


All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -
Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

3 comments:

Srini said...

Wonderful ;)

Anonymous said...

"The whole world shares your tears"??? rather half the world, coz the female population always seems to b blissfully content!

Pranav Awasthi said...

"...Someday you'll return to,
your valleys and your farms
and you'll no longer burn ..."
-dire straits