Image: a railway platform with the words MIND THE GAP painted for the
benefit of those alighting from the train, so that the letters are upside-down
from the perspective of those waiting to board the train.
Now is the season for journeys home by train
(it has been too long)
Across the aisle, a group of women
dressed in red sarees trimmed with gold,
regal in bearing, bold
companions of a fiery affirmation
of Life, intent upon
great celebration—birth, or a wedding?
Throughout the carriage,
many faces, many tongues
light many graces,
and all now journey on together,
bear gifts, wrapped up in skin
of many colours,
while laughter lines and furrowed brows
map out the well-worn roads
that brought us to this holy moment.
Passengers a-lighting,
please mind the gap
between our heritage and
our inheritance.
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