Gayatri Jayaraman
@G_y_tri · 1:40
Of Light by Agha Shahid Ali
A djinn has deprived even Aladdin of light. We'll see Manhattan, a bride in diamonds, one day abashed to remind her. Sweet man, Brooklyn of light. A cheekbone, a curved piece of brow. A pale eyelid. The dark eye. I make out all within of light. Stranger when the river leans towards the emptiness abandoned for my darkness, thick and thin of light. Thank you for listening