Kashmiri Family

Upright and moral,
The Kashmiri family (network, meshwork)
Maintains a dignity and respect (interlaced)
Within its own structure (inward-looking, strong)
That fails to see the outside world (it doesn’t exist)
For anything important (family, family),
A self-referential oasis in the dead-souled gloom (locked-in, solid)
Riding the waves of News like a little boat
Pretending the sea isn’t there -
Islands are all right,
But isn’t love turned inwards just selfishness?

This is a verse of the poem "As I walked home". Buy the book here

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