Window

Neither the need to open the door,
nor the struggle
to get out of the house,
whenever I get time,
I sit by the window to look outside,
to forget what’s happening inside,
I see the colours,
I get some peace of mind
and a hundred reasons to smile,
when I see people
coming and going on roads,
away from the crowd, but so near…

I see birds flying and chirping,
dogs and cats moving aimlessly,
kids and teenagers
playing their own games,
plants and flowers busy
spreading their beauty and bounty,
I just get lost in them
and start daydreaming…

I had placed my reading table
near my window,
just to catch her glimpse,
the play of hide and seek
used to act as a catalyst
for better concentration
in reading my text books,
as also hers, live ones…

I look at the window closely
and then myself in the mirror,
this window is not that one,
but resemblance is there,
with a difference
that I see the same things
being replicated now by others,
sitting near their windows…

A smile plays across my lips,
I wonder if there would be a life,
without a window…

–Kaushal Kishore

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