Bibhu Padhi

Awakened

Nothing works.

The usual things

that acted so well

on other days

are left alone.

What kind of truth

tries to establish

itself through you?

The voice of the past

is heard and responded to.

A voice deep

in recollections,

self-deceits. You

never know how

you would act

tomorrow, now that

the past has

taken hold

of miracles, cryptic

histories of the self.