(A guitar song)
Goodbye
Mumbai
Good-goodbye
Steel Grey Sky
—
Goodbye
Eyes that lie
Hurrying home
Every Day
—
Goodbye
Bombed out scars
Spirit of the people
And all that farce
—
Goodbye
Till we meet
You never sleep
but I have to eat
—
Goodbye
Leopold
You are ageless
I grow old
—
Goodbye
Arabian Sea
Nice to know you
but now we shall see
You say good bye but I have never met her!
Maybe if I was dipped in her rivers’ water I would get better?
You speak with knowledge of that which I can only dream of
I have ideas in my head of flashing eyes colourful saris and a white dove.
Call centres, flashing smiles, diamonds and gold bangles and peacock cries
You have knowledge and say goodbye I can only dream of Mumbai!
Yet again you inspire me!
i once lived…