Poems by
Gaurav Mittal

I Shall Fly

a poem by Gaurav Mittal

Sometimes, when I look
Out of the window,
I see trees and a
Dove as white as snow.

I look at his wings
Flapping through the air.
It flies by my window
Giving me a stare

Seems to ask me, “Don’t
You wish you could fly?
Making friends with clouds
Soaring through the sky’

“Yes” I say. “I do
Want to fly like you.
Want to fly over seas,
And over mountains too’

“You cannot fly, you
Fool’ the white dove sings
“Cannot fly without
Two majestic wings.”

‘I might not have the
Wings you have’ I said
‘But I have a spirit
Which shall never fade’

‘A spirit that is bold.
One that shall never die.
One that shall seek to
Glide through the blue sky’

‘I shall fly one day
Oh Dove; I shall fly;
There where even eagles
Could not dare to try’