Thirst or Trishna

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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.

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