Dissolving Boundaries!
Ache: Brought about by confusion When we latch onto pain for so long That then things stop making sense. And from behind the veil of suffering, the word ache blurs into achay Leaving me confused evermore And I pondered over it Over what tickled her to ask me to write on achay (nice) when I was in pain Inattentive to anything remotely good around And I tried unsuccessfully to blend the word achay with meaningful English words. My efforts were comical- Not sliding easily from the tongue Struggling against the gulf of "irshaad" and "silence of anticipation;" Two cultures; One that appreciated talent with raucousness, appreciating, encouraging- Satisfied with the artist knowing the art Invigouring the mehfil with echoes of "waah waah." The other culture more benign, Silently beseeching the artist to preach And through rapt attention they would learn, Trying to master words as the artist uttered Considering the talent not imbued from birth, Or at least not l