I saw you
Delicately withdrawing
On the wings of moonlight
To the illustrious
World of stars

I allowed you
To take credit
For unobtrusive departure
Keeping me at bay,
For you would have felt awkward
In taking me with you
To the illustrious
World of stars

The heavenly glow
And the light that cools
Are all alien to me
I belong to this world
To the factories
Where labor sweats
Under the fire of boss and the sun
Where value is added
To the finished goods
Unlike dreamy and
The illustrious
World of stars!

 Dr. CS Shah