i sat with my family,

my father and brother,

with heavy heart,

it’s been twenty,

forty, i don’t know,

how many days,

since the lockdown,

we sit with

our dreamy eyes

and hearts lit with

passion, to do something,

as we sit together,

over a cup of chai,

it’s only now that

i’ve learnt- how

beautiful sharing is-

just like a cup of chai,

soothing