By Bhakti Agarwal
Do me a favor sometime-
Sit in the middle
of a merry-go-round,
And ask someone to push.
The world will blur
into a blue wonder
And you will laugh
like sorrow departed
from the world for good.
Take someone with you
while you're at it.
Hold their hand
if they don't fit in,
two giants lolling
in a Lilliput world
and spin till the day
blurs into night.
Or Dusk,
if your home owns
a register of check-ins.
But darling, just spin once
in that joy machine,
Smooth-edged
from childhood glee,
Children bless it with a love
lost forever
When the body forgets
its young days.
By Bhakti Agarwal
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