response to tagore

what a yearning, what a way
what a bridge
what a bond
no body will understand
it will end, moment you do
so let it remain like an unasked question
in the milky way, hazy, far, very far, but still with in a trail
path is known,
destination is not
time is not

—————–tagore on spring

One Day in Spring…

One day in spring, a woman came  In my lonely woods,
In the lovely form of the Beloved.
Came, to give to my songs, melodies,  To give to my dreams,
sweetness.  Suddenly a wild wave  Broke over my heart's
shores  And drowned all language.
To my lips no name came,
She stood beneath the tree, turned,
Glanced at my face, made sad with pain,
And with quick steps, came and sat by me.
Taking my hands in hers, she said:
'You do not know me, nor I you--
I wonder how this could be?'  I said:
'We two shall build, a bridge for ever  Between two beings,
each to the other unknown,  This eager wonder is at the
heart of things.'    The cry that is in my heart is
also the cry of her heart;  The thread with which she
binds me binds her too.  Her have I sought everywhere,
Her have I worshipped within me,  Hidden in that worship
she has sought me too.  Crossing the wide oceans,
she came to steal my heart.  She forgot to return,

having lost her own.
Her own charms play traitor to her,
She spreads her net, knowing not
Whether she will catch or be caught.
~Rabindranath Tagore

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