Chill and Love

Poet Padam Gautam

Padam Gautam 

You

At every encounters

Wiping out the fog around your eyes

Used to talk about chill

I 

Used to see pain in you. 

When the flower faded

One gentle Prometheus 

Revolting inside me 

On the attempt to steal the fire

Used to run

To seen and unseen parts.

Even you used to 

Create a whirl against the chill,

I used to feel

The pain of faded flower

At every gust.

Thus

The chill for ages 

Is working as a bridge 

Between you and me. 

Translated by: Rishi Neupane 

(Courtesy: Kavita 78, December, 2002)