God

He warned me not to go

To this place that we call home

He warned me that there is dark

That all is just the myth

That I will die in grief

That I’m choosing the wrong

But not listening I went on

Like a fallen angel

Betraying my own n saviour

And here now I realise

What actually I have lost

What all I sacrificed

For mere people, for mere feelings

Now here I am asking for his forgiveness

To take me back again

To his land

And let this soul wander

In the pool of peace and love.

-By Shobhna Kanwar