Salt by Anamika
Salt by Anamika
Salt by Anamika
Earth’s three-fourths is brackish water, All those determined to pay the salt’s
and men’s heart a salt mountain. price,
Weak is salt’s heart, all those who couldn’t betray their
very quickly it melts, masters
it sinks in shame have annoyed the seven seas and
when plates are flung the revolutionaries.
due to salt’s varied strength. Gandhi knew the salt’s worth
There stands – as the girl-guava-sellers.
a government building – Whether or not something
like a salt shaker – stays in the world,
shakes with much sophistication, there shall always be salt.
sprinkles God’s tears and man’s sweat –
salt in my wound. this is salt
Women are the salt of the earth, that balances the earth.
they have all the salt in the mould of
their face.
Ask those women
how heavy it feels –