Vikram Seth
At Pen: Diya Basu
Team Atverts wishes Vikram Seth a very happy birthday!
Dear Vikram,
They tell us stories regaling tales of old,
With knights and kings and their legendary pursuits all galore,
Of fantastical creatures and magical lands,
But they never quite tell the story like you do,
You, with your wicked sense of humor and unflinching honesty,
Your retelling brimming with subtle mockery and the heavy undertones of carefully crafted satire,
Tell tales of a new age,
Of a dream world,
Of an imperfect design,
So very real,
So like our own,
Where a nightingale loses her life in a musical battle with the frog,
And in a faraway land,
A melon is crowned king.
But then I heard your voice,
Your real voice,
So lyrical and mellifluous,
Washing over me like a gentle wave,
Caressing,
Soothing.....
I traveled the world with you when I read from heaven lake,
I saw it, I felt it,
So tangible , so very real.
I felt your pain,
Your solidarity for all the lost souls like mine,
Wandering alone at night,
Broken, unsure,
Another treatise lost to the world,
Hidden away,
From prying eyes and snide tongues.
But then I felt you,
Seek me,....
seek us, out with your mind,
And I found your guiding hand ,
In the words you penned with so much love,
And unparalleled care.
And I shall never have to sleep alone at night,
Because you shall forever be by my side.
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