Poem I Jiya Tiwary
What do I know
Of nights so fine
They leave the gods all vain
This city took
So much from us
The stars stay in none but name
(I don't know where the heavens live,
I don't believe a god exists)
How do you know
To tell the truth
When everything feels like a farce,
What is stargazing
But an innovative sham
When you can't even see the stars?
(I never claimed to have good sense
I try but i still revel in pretense)
I ask the stars
That I can't see
If they'll recall my name
When I'm dead and gone
Consequential as a song
Will they sing of humans inane
(The song doesn't make to the light of day
They are stars, they don't have much to say)
So I go back in
A loss, a win
So it never gets to my head
And I kiss some girls
And I kiss some boys
And I spend my life in bed
(And the stars stay glinting for quite a while
They forget my name, but I go with a smile)