VARANASI AT CRACK OF DAWN

VARANASI AT CRACK OF DAWN

Crimson disc aims for the zenith,

golden river moves slowly but surely, 

birds flutter in random harmony, 

grey silhouettes blur and reappear.

Though everything fades into oblivion, 

yet its essence stays, 

ecstatic, ethereal, eternal.

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Kashi's mornings are something, out of the ordinary. As the saying goes "subah e banaras shaam e awadh". 

At day break, I would get up every day, to wait for the sunrise over the Ganges. Its a ritual I have been doing now for last 15 years, when ever I visit Varanasi and have never felt this exercise to be a drudgery.

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This is an old photograph from travel to Varanasi, few years back, however, the image stayed, indelible, on my mind and months later I wrote this poem.

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KFI , VARANASI

FEB 2015