gulab khandelwal selected poems

I will come here again.
But you have to recognise me.

Sometimes as a flower
And sometimes as a butterfly,
Sometimes as the laughter of the falling snow,
And sometimes as the notes of the nightingale,
I will roam in the fields of spring.
But you have to recognise me.

Sometimes as the cold and sometimes as the heat,
Sometimes as clouds
And sometimes in the foot-step of the storm,
I will make your heart shiver.
But you have to recognise me.

I will be with you
Throughout the night,
Telling you all along
The aches of my heart.
But you have to recognise me.

Sometimes you may weep
And sometimes you may smile,
But don’t try to clasp me in your arms.
I will always elude your embrace.
But you have to recognise me.

You are not to get frightened by my formlessness,
Never to suspect my identity.
It will be myself alone
Who will be singing through your voice.
But you have to recognise me.

I will come here again.
But you have to recognise me.