Piece of Sunshine

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What else I asked for

from showers of divine?

mere to steal off
tiny piece of sunshine!

then why this allegation,
why this suspicion
for robbing whole sun
from pendent of sky......

From foggy cave of clouds
a tiny piece of sunshine

crawled out of its hide,

with an elegance, 

with a calm strife,

dropping a lean gleam

to land on my hand,

to glow my shadow,

to drain my pain,

to borrow my sorrow......

but how ignorant I was

folding palm with a belief:

it’s resting inside in relief,

all unaware of dark inside

like an emotional hunter

reluctant to cage the lark

which has its own sky,

wings meant only to fly

and sings only to sigh…..

                                         -Shivali