Outsider
written by: Anant Dhavale
@anant_dh1
Once you become
an outsider
you remain one
there is a certain degree of
being an outsider by choice involved here
going back is always an option
to the circles and
the cracking hinges of
culture
alleys of age old notions
held tight
pieces of your own
in the faded
scarlet yonder
often though
you choose not to;
a certain vehemence
keeps telling you
you were born
an outsider
and then it matters even less.
Anant Dhavale writes poetry in English, Marathi and Urdu languages. He has been at it since his late twenties with a few poems published here and there, across Indian and American anthologies and non periodicals. He also happens to edit a non periodical dedicated to the genre of contemporary Marathi Ghazal.
