Woman*

A woman’s eye Bears the brunt Of releasing the sorrow Of all those around her Not revealing Unable to reveal Those hundred words buried Rain through one silent wail She voices those delicate memories Like a finely tuned veena at the slightest touch She flutters like a tender leaf At the pressure of sorrow invisible Within her heart arched like a bow She’s the naari* that bears everybody’s Accumulated tension She renders meaning to her surroundings When they abruptly turn extraneous She’s the protagonist of that scene She’s a transparent curtain That subtly displays those invisible roles *naari: bowstring as well a woman 12Oct2010 21.04hrs *Original in Telugu by Vinnakoya Ravishankar .