Abhangas Quotes

“I sit by the lotus-lake, eat God,

& count water-pearls over waxy
petals. Again, I unpeel

the black sky & trace teal mountains.”
― Sneha Subramanian Kanta

“The difference between us & God

is there is no doorway between
us and God. Among ourselves,

we erect many frames.”
― Sneha Subramanian Kanta

“Tuka, when
I look for God in the dark

there is no fear of ringing the wrong
doorbell. No necessity of gyarah annas.”
― Sneha Subramanian Kanta

“because a morsel of rice

is God to the hungry. Rain is
God to the dry mouth of earth.”
― Sneha Subramanian Kanta

“Tuka, even the sky bleeds vermillion
to birth a new sun each day.”
― Sneha Subramanian Kanta