Poet or Commoner ?

Am I a poet ?

Or am I a commoner ?

A moon-watcher ?

Or an earth walker ?

I am both, I am both,

I am two-in-one.

At times the moon-watcher

Starts to snowy heights

And rides fleecy clouds

The earth-walker calls him back

At times the moon-watcher

Is lost in dizzy heights

And terror strikes him dumb

The earth-walker helps him down

At times the earth-walker

Weary in damp marshes

Is caught in quicksands

The moon-watcher pulls him up.

The earth-walker checks the moon-watcher

The moon-watcher raises the earth-walker

And a day will come

When the earth-walker's head touches the moon

And the moon-walker's feet walk the earth

And they are one.

4.12.1985,Sanskrit Class,11 a.m.