India - two poems

Poem 1 

Peace to India शांति

Somewhere in the dark 
There is a tiger 
On the verge of consciousness
 
Oh Mother India
With delta Ganges full 
Mangrove roots 
Mudskippers mudflat buffet 

Peace to India शांति

poem 2 

Mother India

In classic jewels which she wears and
upon this beautiful flesh that shines,  
She swims in sheets of satin, 
Her breasts upon this cannot be denied, 
sparkling like India herself and 
in her fear, into emerald she cries. 

For green valleys across the lands
Across the sanskrit sands and 
timeless hands that brought her 
home to her land once denied, 
Mother India by her side.

In classic jewels which she wears and 
upon this beautiful  flesh which shines,
Beholden and rejoice Mother India.