Mental Fixity Poem by Abhinav Baruah

I drew my first line
While sipping the holy milk
Sleeping on your lap, mother
You told the stories
Then I painted several pictures well
Of
Demon and diva
Heaven and hell

I drew another prominent line
When I tasted the salt
The taste encompassed my senses
Leaving my tongue tied
Between two points

I put lines after lines
And formed a web
Of
All experiences
All societal confrontations

My senses and mind now play
Among these tiny squares of web
Of
Right and wrong
Authority and responsibility


(C) Abhinav Baruah