Neon Lights

 Sometimes a neon light night will do

Expectations loom large

Cheap profundity abound 

And mirrors begin to lie

And the ears miss the ring of claps around

Masks on masks on masks

Ease of wit chameleon

And each makes obscures one beneath

Death with reprieve

When the music demands dance

And a scream is hard to find

A carnival of cheap thrills and sounds 

Those neon lights will do. 

Shesher Kobita

 I will not pretend to comprehend fully, for this will require many a moon to contemplate. 

But yet again, Gurudev, you have reached out and touched this brow lovingly and imparted sagely wisdom.

And for all you have given with a free heart, I remain in your debt. 

A meagre thank you is all this mendicant can muster, for garrulity shall not be my wont.