The Beheaded Man

Dr Sudhansu Dash

It is because the head on the body

It needs sometimes a crown and sometimes a mask

Neither could you give me a word to earth my feet

Nor could I collect the trust to crown the head

I cut the head now.

I am entirely free from all burdens and obligations

Now I can move everywhere with my heart

None can know me, non can see me

Who has the so subtle an eye to see the heart?

Everyone is busy with the head

But,

Nothing remains unhurt here

The water is not unhurt in the river

The heart is not unhurt in love

That what remains unhurt is the unceased hurting

That what remains unhurt is the unceased hypocrisy.