keep an eye

among those three eyes of Durga
the third one has been the same
over the ages

it has been kept open
full or half

sculptors never bothered

they have been experimental
only on her earthly eyes

 

 

 

Kiriti Sengupta is the author of the bestselling trilogy My Glass of Wine [autobiographic poetry], The Reverse Tree [nonfictional memoir] and Healing Waters Floating Lamps [poetry]. Sengupta is based at Calcutta, India. His website: http://www.kiritisengupta.com/