Today we spoke

I needn't have stroked your face.
We knew each other
before fingers.

It could go away quite easily.
Another day you will look at me
and see a wall.

Knowing doesn't make
a straight line.
Another day I'll call
and your voice
will shut the door politely.

There are no gaurantees.

Tday we woke
in separate countries
to different birds.
Yours sing, mine croak.


Today I broke a silence.
You cut the blindfolds off my words.


Imtiaz Dharker