Gauri Dixit writes

I lived without you

Flourished too

Home came the sand stuck to my feet

Now I don't wash them

Nor do I sweep the floor clean

Reveling in the feat

I ask everyone to keep their footwear out

Feet too

Most of them return back without entering

Few were brave enough

Or naive

To come in

And they took someone else's feet on their way out

A few grains stayed

A few corroded

A few melted

A few got sprayed 

By the footless wind

But I did live without you

And flourished too

Didn't I?

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तुझ्याशिवाय जगले मी

फुलले पण

घरात घेऊन आले 

पायाला चिकटलेले वाळूचे कण

त्यानंतर

ना कधी घर झाडून घेतले 

ना पाय धुतले

घरात येताना सगळ्यांना

चपलांबरोबर पावलेही बाहेर काढून ठेवायला लावली

बहुतेक सगळे त्याच पावली मागे फिरले

काहींनी केले आत यायचे धाडस

अन बाहेर पडताना 

भलतीच पाऊले घेऊन गेले

काही कण राहिले

काही संपले

काही झिजले

काही भिजले

मी मात्र जगले

तुझ्याशिवाय

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