you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Derek Walcott, identity, love poetry, mystic, philosophy
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Speech Comments Off on Speech
Except that it robs you of who you are,
What can you say about speech?
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Kabir, philosophy, social commentary, translation