The Sky with its Eyes Closed: Prakash Kharat

 Prakash Kharat

The Sky with its Eyes  Closed

Like an artist missing originality

The shy has lost its vision.

Eyes closed

It wouldn’t acknowledge

A light blue complexion,

The sudden rainbow

Of a stray eagle,

The rising

And setting of sun.

The sky does not burst into torrential monsoon rains.

The sky does not give birth to a flaming thunderbolt.

The sky cannot support its own expansion.

The sky- who has put it in the coffin?

The sky- who wrapped it in the shroud of white clouds?

Translated by Charudatta Bhagwat