The Play

by Varnika Thukral

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Awaken the sky!
Sky, oh, sky, 
slide the curtains, please,
There's a play 
That I have to see,
One of the performers
Is my acquaintance,
And she acts so well

That I am tricked,
I wish to judge her more
I wish to see her
Though I have
Seen this play before,
But, tired, I am not,
And I never could be

If you think
The sun might blind me,
No worries, I'll sit by a lake,
The reflection of hers
Would make three,
First sky, second water,
Then a memory within me,

Could you?
Clear the clouds for today
My eyes are scorching clear
Tears,
Have wiped them clean,

Tell me, where is she
If not in acting a play
For I did not 
see her yesterday.

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Varnika Thukral, a poet foremost and an assistant director at the book reviewing department, The Young Writers Initiative. Her ideas have been her realm of comfort and hence, she writes. Muse by muse and a verse, is sublime.