By Shome Dasgupta
PROMPT — Who am I today?
I've heard through stories
about my ancestors—
they told—a petal can sing
a song from before existence—
now as I look upon time
and see a rhythm—a melody,
I listen to a voice, a voice born
from a petal, one no longer
here—living before us,
after we forget our past
Shome Dasgupta is the author of seven books, including The Seagull And The Urn (HarperCollins India), the recently released Spectacles (Word West Press), and the forthcoming poetry collection, Iron Oxide (Assure Press). He lives in Lafayette, LA and can be found at www.shomedome.com and @laughingyeti.
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