Thirst or Trishna

Thirst or Trishna

Flipping the pages of Webster dictionary, my eyes fell on the word “thirst”. Thirst or Trishna in hindi has an in-depth meaning, thus pondering on the word, here is an inception…..

Most beauteous in the world is thirst

Precious, indeed very precious

The blazing heat of high summer

Inducing thirst

Sharp like the edge of a sword

Prickles in the body

The crimson deep desire

Flushing the forehead

The desire for shade of some distant tree

The vision breeds fascinating dreams

Of streams, waterfalls and cascades

And awakens the thrill of descending undaunted

Without the hope and the chain

Into, deep, very deep wells

Learning effortlessly

To pour down like the monsoon.

Those alone are the real wells

Which are free yet

Of the pulley and the bucket

The waters that sustain

Are the ones

Whose single sip

Even at the risk of losing life

Feels dear like a kindred soul.

Thirst is to plunge headlong

Without learning to swim

Without a barge and a pole

Into the roaring whirlpools.