You just don’t get it right!

DATELINE
SYDNEY Circa 2002

Oh my friend, you just don’t get it right

Too much of sun
Too much of sand
Too much of water

Your country just doesn’t have enough of Love.

Too much of motion
Too less emotion
Too much of body
Too little soul

Oh my friend, you just don’t get it right.

Too many things
Not enough people
Too much of Me
Not enough We

Your sun is sharp and bright
Devoid of caressing warmth
You seem to have doused
The fire of Love

Oh my friend, you just don’t get it right.

Emotions lie all dried up
As grains of sand
At your pristine beaches

Salty sea waters
Have cleansed your soul
Of the spirit of sharing,
Spirit of joyful living

Oh my friend, you just don’t get it right.

You don’t connect
Vast masses of ocean
Separate you from the rest

You don’t merge
You break the continuum
Of the soul safari

Oh! you just don’t get it right.

[My beloved friends back in Sydney, this is how I felt in response to one particular Aussie mate]

©sumeghaagarwal