Because you don’t know to be drunk on moonlight…

Because you can’t say, Shri Shri, between darkness and light
Between Big Brother and and the Heavens above
Because You did not care, not I, Nor care now
Or ever, if you get the drift of it now…

Because, you did not know to be wise and honest,
Did neither cherish the thrills of leisure nor care,
Because you did not know that happiness happens in the head,
Not in the Netherlands…

Because you did not care to dream
Beyond the realm of doubt – into certainty
Because you did no think beyond
The obvious and the trivial

Because you did not see beyond
The obvious and the trivial…
Because you did not build upon your dream
Into the realm of the possible

Because you did not care less what the nasty dynasties
Of yore and now, and the English Devis,
Of yore and now, and the trinity of language, caste, religion
What nasty dynasties play upon, from English to Devis

Because you did know what moonlight meant,
Mac or Bill, or whatever you are; Not I…
Because you did not know what it took to be
Resolute, erudite, sophisticated, and above all, Avonte Garde

Because I was the first to get there
Not you…