Oh I am taken away..................

Like the mighty trunk of a tree

Is by the strength of the roots

It’s grounded to. Fascinated

By the reliability presented

By someone who was forever below.

Oh I m taken away

I m taken away by you;

Like a snake is in its endeavor

To intoxicate the twigs of

The sandal wood tree by its

Venom, Immersed in the

Scent of the tree and left absorbed.

Oh I am taken away

I am taken away by you;

Just as a sunflower is by

The majestic heat of the sun.

It makes it laugh under its

Shadow, and gain its

Splendor and radiance and grandeur.

Oh I m taken away

I m taken away by you;

Like a leaf that donates its being

To the wind that carts it away,

Assuring a sacrifice

For renaissance for the fresh

Leaves to rejoice and view it from the peak.

Oh I am taken away

I am taken away by you;

Like a dream that sways in the eyes

Of a bride wrapping herself in

Silks of thoughts and the jewels

Of glittering future is a-

-waken by certainty.

Oh I am taken away

I am taken away by you.

Just as a mother is by

The innocent tricks of her child

A nourishing way

Of learning is it.

Which a tot teaches his mother.

Oh I m taken away

I m taken away by you;

Oh I am taken away

I am taken away by you.

By Ashima Madan

29^th July 2007