I Become the Earth

Pulled by your love, around you I revolve

I become the Earth around the sun,

And slowly I transform

Finding the feminine in me awaken.

(Poem taken from: “Ishwar aur Bazar”, Rajkamal Prakashan. Translated from the Hindi by Bhumika Chawla D’Souza. Courtesy: Scroll.in.)

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