|| Hanneke ||
with an Indian heart
and soul-Hanneke
With open eyes
she hears and sees
all in silence
like a still river
In her eyes
all see their reflection
amidst movement
she sits unmoving
Seeing everything her
ears hear-everything
the way her eyes
watch-day and night
Often she thinks
eyes are helpless-
they see whether they want or not
ears have no option
but to hear
what if the lips
too spoke the words
of the soul-incessantly
then the world would
have been different
and so would have been man
The world would not
have been so frightening
then and men would
not have been insecure
Power and fear
would not have
turned into guns
Freedom would not
be known as terror
Locks and patrol
would not have been
synonyms of security
Man and woman
would have procreated
generations of faith
In her silence Hanneke
speaks volumes
engaged in dialogue
her liquid eyes unveil
answers to questions unasked
Hanneke creates novel
modes of dialogue
gives new meanings
to words.