A THIRST UNKNOWN

With a thirst to quench, I ventured

Into many a field unknown;

Wanting to soothe my parched soul,

I searched for a drop of life

That I could call my own!

Waiting in many a land

For a time so unmeasured,

I grew so wanting for more;

Taking the least from myself,

I still craved for the unknown!

Finding a stream, I found my dawn

In the awakening of a realization.

It was in my thirst that I found,

A reason for my find,

Now, that I had so beautifully got!

As it was in my thirst that I found,

It was in my finding that I felt

An immeasurable thirst unknown.

What miracle of nature could quench

My thirst is a saga untold!

Through the smile of a beloved

I realize all my dreams!

Quenching the thirst of my soul,

Now, I crave for even more;

For the joy that may fill her soul!

POEM BY: PANKAJ A. DESAI

                   4^TH SEMESTER, B.A.