I have learnt to ignore your subtly raised eyebrows, when I say I teach English; Over the years, I have fought the battles of equality, difference and acknowledgement with you - to teach your language in my way We have wrestled for what seems an eternity, now - I have captured your language and coloured her with my greens, reds, purples and golds; Your language is in my Raj, now History taught me your language so that I become you, but I remain Me - Your language is an enchantress, she has hoodwinked you and taught me your ways; she has given me, myself in my true colours; she herself has bathed in them . I chuckle at your dagger words and quietly murmur Et Tu Brute, while she poises tall and dark at my side; Now, she has betrayed you, yet again; She has given me her most precious jewel, Poetry
Born in Kerala, South India, Usha Kishore now
lives on the Isle of Man, where she lectures in English at the Isle
of Man College. Ushas poetry has been published in magazines and
anthologies in the US, UK, Ireland and India. She also writes critical
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