My heart is like a rubber tire by Minu Jasdanwala

 My heart is like a rubber tire.

                -Minu Jasdanwala 

My heart is like a rubber tire

on the unfriendly road of life.

It earns holes and bruises,

scratches and dents along the way.

I fix one hole 

with the sticker of consolation,

another is ready to grow bigger.

The process of breaking down 

and fixing up is infinite.

But, I have come to be 

a technician philosopher. 

I cannot prevent the damage 

but I can manage it. 

Can you ? By Minu Jasdanwala

                                                     

Can you call down a water drop from the sky?

Can you dab a leaf with your breath only thirteen feet away ?

Or open the eye and fill the room with the light one foot around?

Or even alter sightly the mind of a man who has the same flesh and blood?

Would your still pride for yourself ?