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Sandeep Bhatnagar
I work as a chief officer in the merchant navy and first visited Aberdeen on an assignment. As a child, I spent three years in Glasgow and lived in a place called Bearsden. I hope to tour the whole of Scotland at some point.
Poems
THE LAST NIGHT
That night I read
the Ramayan:
how even Lord Ram
had moments of doubt,
of despair.
I felt it auspicious
to read such books
before I slept,
for then no harm
could befall us.
And yet the morning
came.
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THE PYRE
After you have piled
logs into neat rows
over the shroud
and sprinkled ghee
in the cardinal directions,
you light an oil-soaked
torch
and watch
your past-present-future
reflected in the crackling
flames.
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SHRADH
The 13th day and 13
chappatis need to be fed
to the deserving.
3 cows, white & black,
snub-nosed and carefree,
lick the rotis off
our hands.
An elephant crocks his
trunk
and awaits
the next round: he smiles
and, for a moment, so
does my father.
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OM SHANTI
How can I recite the
sacred mantra
to bring peace to your soul,
when you are not
there
to guide me?
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TIME
I thought time
would stop
but your watch
continues to run.
Maybe it is reassured
by your purple
bangles lying
nearby.
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