Anisa Gandevivala | Ghazal for the Fire
I send you my water poems, they are all fire
in a city, the mail brings rain, fall fire
I was afraid of the yagnas, vengeful fire
when I belong to more than one life, tall fire
I wear wings of glass and music, squall fire
and lift you off a mistaken bed, enthrall fire
A state is burning, so I bring the weather, small fire
another wife calls us inextinguishable, crumbling wall fire
I am young again, in a forest, watching the sun, resolve fire
learning how to make a spark with stones and wood, gall fire
I saw the sacred, when I was a girl and you were born, fire
I lost my life and became yours in that instant, sworn fire
My secret sends me Farishtas from the other side, twirl fire
I light a light for you each night, ‘fire’, it calls, ‘fire’.
in a city, the mail brings rain, fall fire
I was afraid of the yagnas, vengeful fire
when I belong to more than one life, tall fire
I wear wings of glass and music, squall fire
and lift you off a mistaken bed, enthrall fire
A state is burning, so I bring the weather, small fire
another wife calls us inextinguishable, crumbling wall fire
I am young again, in a forest, watching the sun, resolve fire
learning how to make a spark with stones and wood, gall fire
I saw the sacred, when I was a girl and you were born, fire
I lost my life and became yours in that instant, sworn fire
My secret sends me Farishtas from the other side, twirl fire
I light a light for you each night, ‘fire’, it calls, ‘fire’.
Anisa Gandevivala MBBS, MHA is a poet and artist from Ohio and India, she lives in San Diego with her partner and kid. She hopes all the loves are still listening and watching, that paper can still be fashioned into a boat or airplane or crane, that the origami gods are appeased or at least, around.
