Karnala

We always skipped Karnala –

‘It is so close,

We can go there anytime’

Only that, we never did

We troubadours

Who went far south

To the borderlands

Ignored the backyard;

Of course, Karnala was close

We could go there anytime

 

The Sanctuary’s Thums up rock

Used to beckon

Like a sepia ad

From the faded 90s

Today, our travels

Seem like that faded ad

Lost in the neon digital age;

Have we grown that old?

Or is it that age has travelled

Faster than the speed of time

 

Today, when I look at a faded map

I can see Karnala -

It has gone so far away

Just as it has gone too far back

That no one remembers -

Once upon a time

There was a rock to be scaled

Yet, when the rains arrive,

They whisper, It is still close,

We were always there all this time…