Poet of the Heart: Nissim Ezekiel

Family

All of us are sick, Sir,
not just the eldest daughter,
no, nor the younger one.
It's not the son, not the son,
It's all of us who need you, Sir
Psy-- chi--a--trist!

Should we take to meditation,
transcendental, any other?
Should we take to Zen?
We cannot find our roots here,
don't know where to go, Sir,
don't know what to do, Sir,
need a Guru, need a God.
All of us are sick, Sir.

Time is ripe for Sai Baba.
Time is ripe for Muktananda.
Let father go to Rajneesh Ashram.
Let mother go to Gita classes.
What we need is meditation.
Need to find our roots, Sir.
All of us are sick, Sir.

Nissim Ezekiel, poet and scholar, born December 24 1924; died January 9 2004.